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|birth = 30 August 1748<br>[[Paris]], [[France|Kingdom of France]] | |||
|death = 29 December 1825 (aged 77)<br>{{Wiki|Brussels}}, [[Netherlands|United Kingdom of the Netherlands]] | |||
|affiliates = [[Jacobins]]<br>[[National Convention]] | |||
|appear = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''}} | |||
'''Jacques-Louis David''' (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential French painter of the Neoclassical era. | |||
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David actively supported the [[French Revolution]], producing a drawing of the Tennis Court Oath and befriending the noted [[Jacobins|Jacobin]] [[Maximilien de Robespierre]].<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.<ref name="PW">''[[Project Widow]]''</ref> | |||
When the radical revolutionary [[Jean-Paul Marat]] was murdered in his bathtub by [[Charlotte Corday]] in July of that year, David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: ''[[The Death of Marat]]''. The [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by the Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting. The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr<ref name="ACU"/> concerned with the safety of France.<ref name="PW"/> | |||
The poet [[André Chénier]] despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called ''Le Jeu de Paume''. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.<ref name="ACU"/> | |||
When Robespierre hosted the [[Festival of the Supreme Being]] at the [[Champ de Mars]] on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer {{Wiki|François-Joseph Gossec}} and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist [[Marie-Joseph Chénier]], to organize the festivities.<ref name="PW"/> David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of [[Hercules]].<ref>[http://assassinscreed.ubi.com/en-GB/news/news_detail.aspx?c=tcm:154-177119-16&ct=tcm:148-76770-32 ''Cult of the Supreme Being: Revolutionaries Reinvent God'']</ref> | |||
After [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait ''{{Wiki|Napoleon Crossing the Alps}}''.<ref name="ACU"/> | |||
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- "Show some courtesy! I must perfectly capture the death of such a hero to the people! I need to focus!"
- ―Jacques Louis David to Arno Dorian, 1793.[src]
Jacques-Louis David (1748 – 1825) was a famous and highly influential French painter of the Neoclassical era.
Biography
David actively supported the French Revolution, producing a drawing of the Tennis Court Oath and befriending the noted Jacobin Maximilien de Robespierre.[1] As Robespierre and the Jacobins came to power in 1793, the former collaborated with David to use art and culture as a political tool.[2]
When the radical revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat was murdered in his bathtub by Charlotte Corday in July of that year, David visited the scene of the crime to produce one of his most famous paintings: The Death of Marat. The Assassin Arno Dorian also visited the scene to investigate the murder. On being questioned by the Arno however, David brushed him off, stating that he was preoccupied with his painting. The painting would go on to immortalize Marat as a Jacobin martyr[1] concerned with the safety of France.[2]
The poet André Chénier despised David, considering him a "most despicable propagandist", and wrote a series of satirical poems about him called Le Jeu de Paume. Infuriated, David called in favors from Robespierre and his supporters and had them take over Chénier's house and keep the poems under guard. However, Chénier sent Arno to recover them.[1]
When Robespierre hosted the Festival of the Supreme Being at the Champ de Mars on 8 June 1794, David collaborated with opera composer François-Joseph Gossec and André Chénier's brother, the dramatist Marie-Joseph Chénier, to organize the festivities.[2] David commissioned the construction of an artificial mountain made of plaster and cardboard, on top of which stood a 50-foot column holding a statue of Hercules.[3]
After Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in 1799, David aligned himself with the new regime, much as he had with Robespierre, painting the portrait Napoleon Crossing the Alps.[1]