Description
It was on a trip to Rome, when he first saw Classical art, that David had a breakthrough vision – “I want to work in a pure Greek style.” The art of Jacques Louis David embodies the Neoclassical style of painting which flourished in France in the late 18th and early 19th century. Distinguished by crisp contours and sculpted forms, David’s Neoclassical masterpieces explore themes of heroism and civic virtue.