As the preeminent Neoclassicist of France in his lifetime, Jacques-Louis David spoke of a return to the pure Greek, a rediscovery of the gravitas of antiquity’s statuary and friezes. Here David’s Sabine Women, though a scene from Roman history, is decidedly Greek by design, with nude warriors as found in classical art.
The Intervention of the Sabine Women, after Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David French (1748 - 1825) |
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As the preeminent Neoclassicist of France in his lifetime, Jacques-Louis David spoke of a return to the pure Greek, a rediscovery of the gravitas of antiquity’s statuary and friezes. Here David’s Sabine Women, though a scene from Roman history, is decidedly Greek by design, with nude warriors as found in classical art. |
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