The paintings of Jacques Louis David, such as the Oath of the Horatii (1770), harkened back to Republican Rome and the virtues of nobility, simplicity, and perfection of form.

雅克·路易·大卫等画家的绘画，像是《荷加斯兄弟的宣誓》(1770)是共和罗马的回声和高贵赞歌，简单并且完美。

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Just one year later the reality, captured by Jacques-Louis David, was very different.

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The same Jacques-Louis David whose The Death of Marat lionized the Jacobin ideal of the French Revolution went on to glorify imperial rule in The Coronation of Napoleon.

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