Wk6 Compare and Contrast Essay

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Jean-Honory Fragonard 's The Swing is an oil on canvas painting done in 1766 and is presently in display at the Wallace Collection in London . On the other hand , Jacques-Louis David 's The Death of Socrates is also an oil on canvas painting finished in 1787 and is currently at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . These paintings are similar to each other because they are both painted and commissioned 21 years and two years , respectively , before the French

Revolution . Fragonard 's The Swing exemplifies and embodies the whole spirit of the political and social system that exists in France prior to the Revolution of 1789 and represents the situation of the eve of the Revolution ( Jean-Honore Fragonard : The Swing . On the contrary David 's The Death of Socrates , in accordance to the contemporaries illustrates the scene and memoirs of the abandoned effort and reform and the dissolution of the Assembly of Notables in 1787 . It is on the eve of the Revolution

when this artwork served as a sign of struggle and resistance to the unjust authority ( Jacques-Louis David : The Death of Socrates

The differences in the two paintings lie primarily on their themes . The Swing delineates love and passion which is revealed by the sculptures of dolphins that are being driven by cupids (Fleming and Honour n .p . In contrast , The Death of Socrates portrays the apathy to death and the commitment of a person to his principles...