Episode Synopsis "10. Jacques-Louis David"

Referred to as a "political chameleon," he painted whatever the man in power at the time wanted. Whether it was in the frivolous Rococo style for Louis XVI, propaganda for the French Revolution, or commissioned portraits for the self-appointed Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, he didn't care as long as he kept his head! In this episode, we'll talk about Jacques-Louis David, the most famous artist of the Neoclassical period, as well as one of his most famous works, The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries.

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More episodes of the podcast Masterpiece Makers

• 25 . Vincent van Gogh
• 24. Paul Cézanne
• 23. Mary Cassatt
• 22. Berthe Morisot
• 21. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
• 20. Claude Monet
• 19. Edgar Degas
• 18. Édouard Manet
• 17. John Everett Millais
• 16. Dante Gabriel Rossetti
• 15. Henry Osawwa Tanner
• 14. Jean-Francois Millet
• 13. JMW Turner
• 12. Francisco de Goya
• 11. Angelica Kauffman
• 10. Jacques-Louis David
• 9. Jean-Honoré Fragonard
• 8. Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
• 7. Johannes Vermeer
• 6. Rembrandt van Rijn
• 5. Albrecht Dürer
• 4. Raphael
• 3. Michelangelo
• 2. Leonardo da Vinci
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