Introduction

Neoclassical art originated from boredom with Rococo art promoted by the aristocracy. Artists tried to draw rationalism and moral rectitude from classical art. It is not surprising that neoclassical art was associated with the French Revolution.

French Revolution
    And Neoclassical

1789

June 20

Tennis Court Oath

The Tennis Court Oath

Jacques-Louis David 1794

July 14

Storming The Bastille

Storming Of The Bastille

Jean-Pierre Houël 1793

August 27

Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen

Declaration Of The Rights Of Man And Of The Citizen

Jean-Jacques-François Le Barbier 1791

1791

June 20

The Royal Family Fled From Paris

Louis XVI Stopped In His Flight To Varennes

Domenico Pellegrini 1796

1792

April 20

The French Revolutionary War Began

August 10

Storming Of the Tuileries

Prise Du Palais Des Tuileries

Jacques Bertaux 1793

September 22

The First French Republic Is Established

1793

January 21

Louis XVI Being Executed

March 07

The Uprising In the Vendée

March 25

The Committee Of Public Safety Is Formed

The Death Of Bara

Jacques-Louis David 1794

May 31

Montagnards Overturned Girondins

July 13

Assassination Of Marat

The Death Of Marat

Jacques-Louis David 1793

August 22

Robespierre Became The President of the Jacobin Club

September 17

Reign Of Terror Began

October 16

Marie Antoinette Executed

Marie Antoinette Being Taken To Her Execution

William Hamilton 1794

1794

July 26

Thermidorian Reaction

July 28

Execution Of Robespierre

Portrait Of A Revolutionary

François Sablet 1794

1795

November

The Directory Replaced The Convention

1796

April 2

Napoleon’s Campaign In Italy

Soldiers Killed In Battle Stripped Of Their Weapons, Their Uniforms And Their Personal Belongings During the Italian Campaign In 1797

Nicolas Antoine Taunay 1824

1799

November 10

The Consulate Formed

Portrait De Napoléon Bonaparte En Premier Consul

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres 1804

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