Oath of the Horatii

Jacques-Louis David

In addition to being an artist, he was a major player in the French Revolution

The French Revolution

Oath of the Horatii became the banner for the Revolutionaries cause

The Enlightenment

Death of Rococo Movement

Birth on the NeoClassical movement

King Louis XVI

Commisioned Oath of the Horatii because he believed in the message it communicated

Supported and Aided the American Revolution

The American Revolution

Modernest Movement

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Because of the enlightenment and the writings of Voltaire, the neoclassical movement puts into motion the stepping stones for the modernest movement that would occure centuries later.