Neoclassical Period in Arts

He was a chief propagandist of the militant intellectuals who aimed to overthrow the French monarchs

• Jacques Louis David

• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Lines and forms are in juxtaposition of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines.

• Jacques Louis-David

• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Portrayed the grandeur of characters of the ancient Greek and Romans in defining and protecting the affairs of their particular state.

• The Oath of the Horatii

• Oedipus and the Sphinx

• The Death of Socrates

• Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne

The art motifs of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

• Religion

• Moral

• History

• Greek Myths

He became president of the Ecole des Beaux Arts

• Jacques Louis-David

• Jean Dominique Auguste Ingres

He used his knowledge in classical culture and literature in expressing political views against the French monarchy.

• Jacques Louis-David

• Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

He loved to paint the gestures that show the ideas of righteousness and courage by the Greeks and Romans which depicted this painting.

• Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne

• Oedipus and the Sphinx

• The Oath of the Horatii

• The Death of Socrates

The patriotic three sons on the left firmly saluted in the gestures of a gladiator who is ready to die.

• Oedipus and the Sphinx

• The Death of Socrates

• Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne

• The Oath of the Horatii

What do the neutral colors in Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres' painting convey?

• nature

• antiquity

• courage

• heroism

Portrays the majesctic pose of a leader

• Oedipus and the Sphinx

• The Oath of the Horatii

• Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne

• The Death of Socrates