The Death of Marat

After all, this was a period in time where suicides were happening left and right so they were very common. I think it’s quite ironic that in the picture the bath tub is made up as if it were a bed. It gives off the vibe that Marat wanted to be comfortable before he died. I think that this is a very successful piece because it shows a brief image of the neoclassical period. It has been constructed beautifully to show how common suicides were. I feel like the picture is a tad

Marat was sitting in his bathtub, he received a visitor by the name of Charlotte Corday, who had been refused admittance earlier in the day. She claimed to have vital information on escaped Girondins and proceeded to list off the names of the missing Girondins. After he had finished writing out the list, Corday claimed that he told her, "It will not be long before they are guillotined", a statement she later changed at her trial to, "I will shortly have them all guillotined in Paris". With that

Earlier in the week Jean-Paul Marat was found dead in his bath tube stabbed straight in the chest. He was found there in the afternoon by a friend who was coming to meet him for lunch. This is when the question arose of who killed the infinite Jean-Paul Marat. After questioning people about what they had seen it was found that Charlotte Corday was the one to kill him she was captured right after guards figured out where she was. Today at high noon she is to be executed. I know for sure that me

fight which overthrew the monarchy and established the Roman Republic. Brutus tragically saw his sons participate in a plot to restore the monarchy. As a judge, he was called upon to render the verdict, and without hesitation condemned his two sons to death. The full title of this work is "Brutus Returning Home after having Sentenced his Sons for Plotting a Tarquinian Restoration and Conspiring against Roman

and was against the death penalty, viewing it as an excessive punishment. But, as the war progresses his ideology begins to change, favoring the use of the guillotine and leading a society of terror. Marat was an extreme radical of the French Revolution. The difference to the others was the fact that he was not part of any political group, but instead a powerful and influential advocator through the press. Through his writing, he called for war against the monarchy, death to any traitors, and

police arrive and shoot him. The other element that does not feel compelling is the idea of Odette talking like Alexis using the term “dearie.” It doesn’t feel natural and feels a bit forced and contrived. It doesn’t sound like Odette. Alexis’ death also holds no real tension given the way it is executed. It would have been more effective for her to be alone and then killed, with Odette finding her body. In addition, the narrative descriptions mention Odette’s eyelashes too many

people who believed that the poor should have the turn to rule, they represented the lower class people. This group was made up of anyone who believed in their ideas, even women. Two men who were part of the Jacobins were Georges Danton and Jean-Paul Marat. They highly believed in the poor being in control. Danton once stated "The Rich used to rule Paris. Now we cry: "Make way for the

The painting ‘Oath of the Horatii’ of 1785 confirms David’s new style. In the end of 1782, the tragedy Horace of the playwright Corneille is represented and the last act of the play makes a strong impression upon David. Indeed, the first sketch of the painting depicts the scene in which the aged Horace speaks to the crowd in defence of his accused son, victor over the Curiatii. This sketch, however, does not satisfied David due to its lack of communication, so, inspired by the classical history of

1. Introduction Set on a stage of revolution and Enlightenment, the Neo-Classical period presents a broad and interesting topic. Jacques Louis David was the first political painter, and a true revolutionary, but one cannot disengage his art work from the social and political systems of the period. Therefore, this essay will present an overview of the social context and systems of Pre Revolution France, Neoclassicism and how David’s work was influenced by it and how his work influenced it. Also

In the early 1700s, the monarchies failures at finance, national debt, involvement in multiple wars with little care given to veterans and rising unemployment inflamed the people. When coupled with the monarchies lifestyles of lavish spending on countless mistresses, flouting morals, excessive parties at court, and political favors, the popularity of royalty was quickly disintegrating. The irresponsibility of the aristocracy was no longer ignored, and a movement was beginning. This set