AP Art History : Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century 2D Art
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Example Question #594 : Ap Art History
Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of the Horatii, shown here, depicts a scene from _____________________.
an important moment in Christian scriptures
a well-known story of Roman history
everyday aspects of rural life
then-contemporary military campaigns
a well-known story of Roman history
The Oath of the Horatii presents three brother from the Horatius clan making an oath to their father that they will fight three brothers from the rival city of Alba Longa. This story, in which only one brother survived, but the brothers' task of defeating their rivals was ultimately achieved, was quite popular as a Roman lesson about honor and patriotism. During the late eighteenth century, many intellectuals throughout Europe looked back to Classical sources for guidance, resulting in the philosophical movement known as the Enlightenment and the artistic style known as Neoclassicism.
Artwork from Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jacques-Louis_David,_Le_Serment_des_Horaces.jpg
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