Oath of the horatii medium
Oath of the horatii elements and principles.
Oath of the Horatii
painting by Jacques-Louis David
Oath of the Horatii (French: Le Serment des Horaces) is a large painting by the French artist Jacques-Louis David painted in and and now on display in the Louvre in Paris.[1] The painting immediately became a huge success with critics and the public and remains one of the best-known paintings in the Neoclassical style.
Oath of the horatii characteristics
It depicts a scene from a Roman legend about a seventh-century BC dispute between two warring cities, Rome and Alba Longa,[2] and stresses the importance of patriotism and masculine self-sacrifice for one's country.
Instead of the two cities sending their armies to war, they agree to choose three men from each city; the victor in that fight will be the victorious city. From Rome, three brothers from a Roman family, the Horatii, agree to end the war by fighting three brothers from a family of Alba Longa, the Curiatii.
The three brothers, all of whom appear willing to sacrifice their li
