Using Mona Lisa and Shepard Fairey to discuss copyright, fair use, and public domain - Karen Blumberg. Shepard Fairey Paints Asbury Park. Shepard Fairey, Barack Obama 'Hope' poster artist, found guilty of lying. The Legacy of Jacques-Louis David (1748–1825) , 1809 or 1819(?) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867) Pen and black ink, graphite, gray watercolor washes, white gouache heightening, Conté crayon on blue paper 15 x 12 3/4 in. (38.1 x 32.3 cm) David's Death of Marat. By 1793, the violence of the Revolution dramatically increased until the beheadings at the Place de la Concorde became a constant, leading a certain Dr.
Joseph Guillotine it invent a machine that would improve the efficiency of the ax and block and therefore make executions more humane. David was in thick of it. Early in the Revolution he had joined the Jacobins, a political club that would in time become the most rabid of the various rebel factions. Led by the ill-fated Georges Danton and the infamous Maximilien Robespierre, the Jacobins (including David) would eventually vote to execute Louis XVI and his Queen Marie Antionette who were caught attempting to escape across the border to the Austrian Empire. Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat, oil on canvas, 1793 (Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Brussels)
Simon Schama's Jacques-Louis David_1 of 4. Simon Schama's Jacques-Louis David_2 of 4. Simon Schama's Jacques-Louis David_3 of 4. Simon Schama's Jacques-Louis David_4 of 4.