Classical Era
Oath of the Horatii

Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas, 3.3 x 4.25 m, painted in Rome, exhibited at the salon of 1785 (Musée du Louvre; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Oath of the Horatii
This interesting, beautiful painting was painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1784 and It was painted in Rome, Italy. This is a neo-cassicism painting. The colors are bold, the lines are perfect, it looks like the figures are perfectly shapes and they have perfect bodies. There is a lot of space here. The man wearing a cloak and a grey tunic is the center of the painting. He is giving swords to his men or sons. All the people here are related. The women are all saddened that their men are all going to war.The background is perfectly painted with grey, due to the seriousness of the revolution (CBM).
All the figures are wearing Roman type clothing. There is some kind of action and drama going on here, I like that. I would not want to keep this kind of painting but I sure would like to learn and know more about these kinds of historical stories. I find it interesting.
Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Gersh-Nesic, "Neoclassicism, an introduction," in Smarthistory, January 7, 2016, accessed October 19, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/neoclassicism-an-introduction/.
Portrait of a lady holding an orange blossom
Jeremias Schultz. Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom, 1770s. Oil on canvas. Overall: 80 ×
This painting was painted by Jeremias Schul, in 1770 in Berlin, Germany. Little is known about who this young coloured lady was. She does look like she is from a high class, well to do family. Due to the fancy type dress and nice looking jewelry she is wearing. This beautiful painting of a nice looking lady is wearing a fancy blue dress and a matching bonnet. The painting is painted to the last detail, She is wearing nice jewelry and it looks expensive and nice, (IM).
The young lady is in the center of the portrait, and the lighting is nicely shining on her, it could be the moon light. The back ground looks like a nice garden or a peaceful park, it is dim as it is getting dark. The young lady looks like she content as she stands gracefully and holding a pretty white and orange flower.
The shapes, colors and lines makes this beautiful young lady as if she is real. There is a lot of space in this painted portrait. I like the peacefulness of this great, beautiful painting of this unknown beautiful young lady.
I wonder who she was, I curious about her life story.
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Christie’s Interiors 21-22 June 2011
Skinner, European furniture and decorative arts. Boston 14 July 2012
The New York Sun 14 December 2006
smarthistory. org. a portrait of a lady holding a blossom
Cite this page as: Dr. Ingrid E. Mida, "Jeremias Schul, Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom ," in Smarthistory, March 5, 2021, accessed October 20, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/lady-holding-an-orange-blossom/.
I am curious about the story behind the third painting. It seems to be calm and pleasant. The figures in this painting do appear to be teachers and students or mothers and children. Do you think their focus is on their children or on their possessions? I also notice that the colors of their dresses are right in line with the other colors I have seen in the Neoclassical artwork. There is most definitely a theme here of balance and morality.
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