Images from The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era.

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Images from The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era

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The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era

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Art has always been a useful tool for political purposes

• Classical art glorified leaders

• Medieval art promoted church objectives

• The art of the Renaissance served the interests of a rising merchant class

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By the time of the French Revolution, painters and pamphleteers - using new technologies and riding on the vibrant culture of the Enlightenment - had the visibility to be an important influence in shaping public opinion.

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What follows are some of their works that

• Promote the ideals of the Revolution

• Commemorate events of the time

• Comment on the excesses of the Reign of Terror

and

• Celebrate (and reinforce) the heroic image of Napoleon

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The Death of Socrates – Jacques-Louis David

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King Louis XVI

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The Three Estates

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The Three Estates (female version)

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The Estates meet

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And, meanwhile, what do they find?

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The Estates move

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David sees it more heroically

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The Three Estates - power shift

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The New Motto…..

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Revolutionary Philosophy

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The Death of Marat – Jacques Louis David

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The Runaways – Caught!

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Louis goes to the scaffold

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Now Improved…..

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Robespierre now has control

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But it’s a bit out of control

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English Cartoons suggest it is

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But help is on the way

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The Whiff of Grapeshot

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This crown…..

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I’ll put it on….

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Me.

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Some are not so sure about this guy…

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His commitment to the revolution….

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Europe in 1792

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Europe in 1811

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The Battle of Trafalgar

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The Battle of Trafalgar

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The Battle of Trafalgar

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The Battle of Trafalgar

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Overextension

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Defeat