The French Revolution had a profound impact on the art world. Leading up to the French Revolution, the middle class began to rise in France. This middle class began to appreciate art, buy art, and influence art in a way that only the upper class had been able to do before. As the French Revolution began, artists were able to speak to not only the upper echelons of society, but now to a much broader group of citizens. Artists began to use their paintings and sculptures to rally the middle class into revolution.
One particularly famous painting the encapsulates the ideals of the Neoclassical period is Jacques-Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii, painted in 1784 (David, Oath of the Horatii, 2016). This painting tells of a Roman story about three
One particularly famous painting the encapsulates the ideals of the Neoclassical period is Jacques-Louis David’s Oath of the Horatii, painted in 1784 (David, Oath of the Horatii, 2016). This painting tells of a Roman story about three