m and simple courage, when the three Horatii brothers face their father and offer their lives to assure victory for Rome in the war with Alba; the pictorial treatment—firm contoursbare cubic space, sober colour, frieze-like compositionand clear lighting—is as austerely non-Rococo as the subject.
I will put the date of my seventy-five years on it and afterwards I will never again pick up my brush. Start studying Western Humanities Test 2. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools.
'The Tennis Court Oath' was sketched by Jacques-Louis David inand it captured and preserved a historic moment in French history.
David's use of symbolism and his vibrant artistic technique.  The Tennis Court Oath (June ) preceded the abolition of feudalism (4 August ) and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen (26 August ).
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The Tennis Court Oath (French: serment du jeu de paume) was a pledge signed by members out of of France's Third Estate and a few members of the Second Estate (who as of 17 June called themselves the National Assembly) during the Estates-General of 20 June in a tennis court near the Palace of Versailles.
David completed the final study for the Tennis Court Oath in May and the work was shown in the Salon of David intended to do a further painting based on .A review of jacques louis davids artpiece the tennis court oath