"In the arts, the way in which an idea is rendered, and the manner in which it is expressed, is much more important than the idea itself." -- Jacques-Louis David

@erisdiscord1618

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@user-yb8vr2ip2t

2 жыл бұрын

Disagree. Picasso would, too. Ideas matter. Virtuosity does not.

@miketackabery7521

5 ай бұрын

Both matter.

Death consciousness?

@gerbilpmc

5 жыл бұрын

same

@sebastian0271

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@AndyRiesgos

3 жыл бұрын

That plus the fact that I studied French.

@grammarnazi952

3 жыл бұрын

It hurts to know that the words on the letter describe the motives of that album.

@lila061

Ай бұрын

that’s how i learned about it

Thank you so much! This is one of my favourite paintings.

@xeniaf.2984

3 ай бұрын

I love how it’s still your profile picture!

What a painting. Thank you for this video, I always enjoy your commentary.

outstanding analysis and wording. Thank you !!

If you could please put subtitles to all the paintings, that would be great and really helpful to the people who don't speak fluent english.

Cordey was not a royalist, she was a member of gironde

@smarthistory-art-history

8 жыл бұрын

+majorinconvenience we note this at 2:04

@shkodranalbi

7 жыл бұрын

Cordey was a heroine. Films should be made about her.

@piaoingrou

5 жыл бұрын

Marart was too radical, and too many people in France were killed. As I remembered Cordey's brother was killed by the jacobins and she wanted to put an end to this madness.

@freewal

4 жыл бұрын

Well Girondins were mostly Royalists... But they wanted a Kingdom like the UK was. A shared dictature between the King and a parliament of 400 nobles and bourgeois...

@LadyCoyKoi

4 жыл бұрын

She believed in egalitarian ideas, but believed Marat was overzealous in his tactics. She was against how he was practicing a "witch hunt" against anyone who was an aristocrat, even those who were neutral or with the revolutionists. Not all aristocrats were against an egalitarian society.

Muchas gracias Smarthistory.

I think David believed in the revolutionary ideals but took opportunities as they came.

@DarkAngelEU

4 жыл бұрын

Alot of artists do. They just wanna make moneh. David is exceptional in his talent tho, and is remembered for that.

this is my favorite painting

Hey :) I like your idea of showing and commenting famous paintings. And it's made really good. :) But I have to correct you in a historical detail. Charlotte Corday was indeed aristocratic origin, but she was a "friend" of the revolution. She belonged to the Girondins. ;) And - if I am not totally wrong - the letter in Marat's hand existed, but was not found at the scene of crime. Corday never gave the letter to Marat. Also the little paper on the box was made up by David. Apart from that is the video really great. And thank you for making those videos as things like that are far too rare on the internet. :)

There were three revolutionary martyrs David was asked to paint: Marat, Le Peletier, and the 13-year-old Joseph Bara. There are paintings and/or drawings of all three, however, I don't believe the martyr Joseph Chalier, mentioned in the video, was ever painted/drawn by David or a student of David. For the sake of clarity, Charlier's name should probably be replaced by that of Bara, since these are the three revolutionary martyrs depicted by David and/or a student of David.

And as always, enjooooyyyy.

Man I’d love to see that in person.

I have always liked this painting. it sure packs a wallop!

Well. I’ll never look at David the same.

David was such an awesome dude, this has to be my favourite of his!!!! xxx

At 1:41, should it be "suffrage" instead of "sufferage"?

La pintura es mi vida

Prison can change your ideas.

Just a point... Charlotte Corday was not a royalist. She was a supporter of the revolution and believed Marat was betraying the revolution

I'm curious about that tennis club battle, lol. What a backstory this painting has, though. Terrible way to go... His is the best image of Napoleon I've seen to date - I have a very clear understanding what he looked like, finally.

"I suppose five or six hundred heads would've assured your repose, freedom, or happiness" Jean-Paul Marat

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what is the thing in Marat s head called in eng.?

This is the greatest painting of the Romantic period, David would probably be the greatest painter of that time. Everything is subjective though!

Corday was not a royalist. She was fed up with the unjust deaths of innocents during the Terror

Well, we'll remember that many believed Napoleon was the continuation of the revolution , and indeed he sorta behaved that way in many of his conquests: erecting "liberty trees", etc. So it's possible David fell into that thinking. He was such a great painter, and such an awful person.

He had to make a living! The reign of terror wasn't his doing.

one thing, Marat has been moved out from Pantheon.