Jacques-Louis David was the preeminent Neoclassical painter of his time. He felt that artists should discard the Rococo school’s triteness and irony, to rediscover the nobility and dramatic forms of the past, here exemplified in a portrait of a woman as Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance, from ancient Greek mythology.
Mademoiselle Guimard as Terpsichore, c.1775, Oil on CanvasJacques-Louis David French (1748 - 1825) |
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Jacques-Louis David was the preeminent Neoclassical painter of his time. He felt that artists should discard the Rococo school’s triteness and irony, to rediscover the nobility and dramatic forms of the past, here exemplified in a portrait of a woman as Terpsichore, the Muse of Dance, from ancient Greek mythology. |
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