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David , Jacques-Louis ' The Oath of the Horatii

David , Jacques-Louis is a French painter who has been trained with a distant relative , Boucher . He is one of the centermost figures of Neoclassicism and an adherent of the French revolution . In 1775-1781 , he relinquishes his opulent and grand approach of his early works - Baroque composition and use of lighting , thus gives birth to an exceptionally finished and didactic manner that is highly influenced by Hamilton , the artist who is experimenting the Neoclassicism expression of art

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Oath of the Horatii , an oil on canvas painting that measures 330 x 425 cm , is commissioned by the Administrator of Royal Residences in 1784 and is currently exhibited at the Musye du Louvre , Paris . It is acknowledged as the most definite and most pronounced expression of Neoclassicism painting because it is the first magnum opus that bestows a nouveau approach , escaping and departing from frivolous Rococo . It portrays the virtue of integrity of stoicism , patriotism and masculinity . It conveys a way of life during the revolutionary epoch David paints it in a style wherein it portrays simplicity and balance He does emphasize the room 's geometry , thus , delineates its division three obvious partitions : three arcs , three groups of characters that are portrayed in a triangle manner - the sons , the father and the women - and three swords . The said masterpiece narrates the story of Titus-Livy - the period of dispute between Rome and Alba in 669 B .C . In the said painting...