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Eighteenth century.
that the paintings here are thematically harsh, grim and gloomy, somber,
serious and plain.
The somber, serious works represent the ideals of a style that often
bringing to Brutus the bodies of his sons, The Death of Socrates it is evident
that David looked to the past for inspiration.
Made the myths and legends come to life by using subjects in relevance to
the contemporary context.
early work, with its Baroque use of chiaroscuro and diagonal compositions,
for a stark, highly finished and morally didactic style.
In 1784 the change of style was confirmed by the Oath of the Horatii,
He
eventually fell victimized in the confused politics of the 1790s, and was
imprisoned after the fall of Robespierre (1794), and saved by the
intervention of his estranged (separated) wife, symbolized in his Intervention
of the Sabine Women (1799).
Death of Marat
Intervention
of the Sabine
Women
With
the fall of Napoleon, David went into exile in Brussels, and his work
weakened as the possibility of exerting a moral and social influence receded.