Jacques-Louis David, France Neoclassicism painter, b.1748 - d.1835. Jacques-Louis David is famous for his huge, dramatic canvasses of Napoleon and other historical figures, including Oath of the Horatii (1784), Death of Marat (1793) and The Sabine Women (1799). Early in his career he was a leader in the neoclassical movement; later his subjects became more modern and political. David was himself active in the French Revolution as a supporter of Robespierre and is sometimes called the chief propagandist for the Revolution; after the Reign of Terror ended he was briefly imprisoned for his actions. When Napoleon took power David became his court painter and created several grand canvasses of the Emperor, including the heroic Napoleon Bonaparte Crossing the Alps (1801) and the enormous Coronation of Napoleon and Josephine (1807).
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mk248 dett ar davids dtorsta verk ocb ett lysand exempel pa politisk konst. den radikale reconaren marat visas precis efer att cbarlotte corday en girondist bar bluffat ibjal bonom i badkaret. det stora mora morka faltet ovanfor marats buvud symboliser det tomrum ban lamnade efter sig, bade nar det gallde jakobinernas sak cob i vannen davids liv. marats dod bar ofta jamforts med micbelangelos pieta det ar en bild av varldslos pieta det ar en bild av varldsldsligt martyrkap.