Nov 19, 2025
Jacques-Louis David Knew That Style Is Political
PARIS — The name Jacques-Louis David is almost synonymous with themes of revolution, French patriotism, and Neoclassical history painting. In any trip through the Louvre, one breezes past “Oath of the Horatii” (1784) and “Liberty Leading the People” (1830) alongside a million other Big Important French paintings. In their opening statements, the curators of the Louvre’s first monographic show in…