Jacques-Louis David was the leading painter in France

of the Neo-classical movement. He became a member of the

Academy in 1783, winning fame in the 1780s with a series of
paintings, including 'The Oath of the Horatii' (Paris, Louvre, 1785),
notable for their austerity of design and theme.
At the same time he became known for his accomplished portraits.

In 1793, Jacques Louis David, the official artist

of the French Revolution, painted the Death of Marat as
a tribute to his slain friend, the revolutionary propagandist
Jean-Paul Marat, in the wake of his assassination.

The painting depicts Napoleon Bonaparte leading his

army through the Alps on a mule, a journey Napoleon
and his army of soldiers made in the spring of 1800
in an attempt to surprise the Austrian army in Italy.

In a composition inspired by classical relief sculpture,

the three Horatii brothers of Rome swear an oath before
their father. They vow to fight to the death against
their three cousins, the Curiatii of Alba Longa, in order
to settle a dispute between the two cities with minimum bloodshed.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres was a French artist

who was part of the Neoclassicism movement in the 1800s.
Ingres’ paintings such as La Grande Odalisque (1814)
displayed his desire to maintain the principles of the academic
art traditions in defiance of the emerging Romantic movement.

Perhaps now the most iconic portrait of Emperor Napoléon I,

Ingres's painting was originally dismissed as overly gothic, archaic,
and even "barbaric." Opulently adorned, the newly crowned
emperor is represented among a hodgepodge of Roman,
Byzantine, and Carolingian symbols. The intention, to legitimize
his claim to authority, is overshadowed by the strangeness of
this imposing frontality; his pallid face emerges from layers
of ostentatiously regal garb to look past the viewer with a stony gaze.

As the newly crowned defender of the academic tradition,

Ingres was commissioned to decorate a ceiling in the
Louvre to coincide with the opening of the Musée Charles X.
This museum intended to demonstrate the cultural superiority
of France and thereby reinforce the legitimacy of its monarch.

The love affair between Cupid and Psyche is one of the best known
classical myths, recounted in the Latin novel The Golden Ass by Apuleius.
Many Neoclassical paintings and sculptures derived inspiration from
the story. Cupid, lover of the mortal Psyche, forbids her to cast eyes
upon him and visits her only at night. Disobeying him, Psyche holds a
light over his sleeping body, for which she is punished by Aphrodite.
The scene conveyed by this modello is of Psyche being rescued in Cupid's embrace.

The marble monument George Washington was requested in 1816

by the Parliament in North Carolina, to be placed in the Senate, in Raleigh.
It was commissioned after the end of the war with England to celebrate
dignity and to reclaim respect of the world. The choice of Canova as artist
for this piece was advised by Thomas Jefferson and Joseph Hopkinson,
that without a doubt indicated him as the only artist capable of portraying
the glory and worth of the first President of the United States. Thomas Appleton,
American consul in Etruria, gave him the job.

Officially entitled Christus Consolator, this statue by Bertel Thorvaldsen

is known around the world. After a fire destroyed the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thorvaldsen was commissioned
to create the statue, which was moved into the rebuilt church in 1833.
The original statue was carved from Italian Carrara marble and is 11 feet tall.
It contains a description in Danish underneath on the pedestal: "Kommer til mig."
This translates to "Come to me."
Albert Bertel Thorvaldsen was a Danish and Icelandic
sculptor and medalist of international fame, who spent
most of his life in Italy. Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen
into a working-class Danish/Icelandic family, and was
accepted to the Royal Danish Academy of Art at the age of eleven.
 Sumpa ng Amoy; Ang Babaeng
amoy Rosas
Noong unang panahon, sa isang magandang nayon, may isang babaeng kilala sa buong lugar sa

kanyang kahanga-hangang bango. Ang kanyang amoy ay tulad ng rosas na bumabalot sa kanyang

paligid, at ito ay hindi niya makukubli. Tuwing siya ay naglalakad sa kalye, ang mga bulaklak ay

nagluluksa sa kanyang taglay na kagandahan. Ngunit sa kabila ng kanyang kabigha-bighaning bango,

mayroon siyang ugali na pagsisintangot at pagmamayabang ng kanyang kagandahan sa lahat.

Isang araw, isang kapitbahay na nabwisit sa kanyang palaging pagyayabang at pagpapanggap ay

napuno na at sinumpa siya. Sa harap ng buwan, ang kapitbahay ay sinabi, "Mula ngayon, mawawala

ang iyong kahanga-hangang bango, at ang amoy mo ay magiging katulad ng isang putok!" Hindi

naglaon, ang sumpa ay naganap.

Ang babaeng napakabango ay biglang nagkaroon ng di-kapani-paniwalang pangit na amoy, ang

kanyang katawan ay pilit na pumipigil na kumalat. Kahit anong gawin niya, hindi niya maaalis ang

nakakasulasok na baho. Ang kanyang mga kaibigan at kapitbahay ay lumayo sa kanya, at ang kanyang

dating magandang buhay ay biglang naglaho.

Sa huli, ang babaeng napakabango ay natutunan ang kahalagahan ng kababaang-loob at

pagkamapagpakumbaba. Sa pamamagitan ng kanyang karanasan, siya ay nagkaroon ng bagong

pananaw sa buhay at natutunan niyang mahalin at igalang ang ibang tao nang higit pa kaysa sa kanyang

sarili. Subalit kahit na may pagbabago sa kanyang puso, ang sumpa ay nananatili, at ang babaeng

napakabango ay palaging aalalahanin bilang ang babaeng naging isang putok.

Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix was a French Romantic artist

regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of

the French Romantic school.

"Liberty Leading the People" depicts a woman personifying

Liberty leading a group of people forward over the bodies of the fallen,

holding the French tricolor flag aloft. The painting captures the

moment of a revolution, where the people have taken up arms against

the government, and are fighting for their freedom.

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter

and printmaker. He is considered the most important Spanish artist of

the late 18th and early 19th centuries. His paintings, drawings, and

engravings reflected contemporary historical upheavals and

influenced important 19th- and 20th-century painters.

Saturn Devouring His Son is a painting by Spanish artist Francisco Goya.

It is traditionally considered a depiction of the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus,

whom the Romans called Saturn, eating one of his children out of fear of

a prophecy by Gaea that one of his children would overthrow him.

The Third of May 1808 is a painting completed in 1814 by the

Spanish painter Francisco Goya, now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.

In the work, Goya sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to

Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War.

 The Burial of the Sardine is an oil-on-panel painting by Spanish

artist Francisco Goya, usually dated to the 1810s. The title is posthumous,

referring to the culminating event, Entierro de la Sardina, of a three-day

carnival in Madrid ending on Ash Wednesday.

Robert Adam was an 18th-century architect who

was born and raised in Scotland. He traveled widely in Europe and did

architectural work as an adult throughout the United Kingdom.

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the

Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress,

the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located

on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

A religious festival is a time of special importance

marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals

are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar

year or lunar calendar. The science of religious rites and

festivals is known as heortology.

Sinulog Festival or Santo Nino/Sto. Nino Festival in Cebu is an annual religious and cultural festival. The festival is

thought to be the first of the most well-known festivals in the Philippines.

It also attracts between 1 to 2 million visitors from all over the country every year and gives travelers the opportunity to

join Cebu tours and explore the many attractions of the province. Visitors from across the world will also benefit from

making Sinulog Festival and Cebu the gateway to their Philippine trip.

The Peñafrancia Festival, which has been described as the biggest Marian event in Asia, is a celebration of two feasts

—Divino Rostro (Divine Face of Jesus) on the second Friday of September, and the Our Lady of Peñafrancia the next

weekend.

The Higantes Festival is a local festival held annually In Angono, Rizal, Philippines, where hundreds of giant papier-

mâché puppets are paraded, representing the common people's mockery of the bad hacienda owners of the past

during Spanish colonial rule.

Kinabayo is an annual observance of Dapitan City’s Fiesta in honor of Saint James “the Greater and the Moor

Slayer”. Held every July, Sinug and Kinabayo have become a festivity. Sinug’ is purely veneration using San

Francisco Leaves raised high, dancing through the rhythm of the gong or beating of drums as the throng of devotees

brings the saint’s image to his chapel. On the other hand, Kinabayo is a unique dramatization of the triumph of the

Catholic faith over Mohammedanism believed to have happened through the intercession of the saint in view of his

apparition during the battles of Clavijo and Covadonga and the appearance of the Lady of the Pilar. Modernity has

added more color to the festival with the allegorical dance drama presentation of the two events.

The Pintados Festival is a cultural-religious celebration in Tacloban based on the body-painting traditions of the

ancient tattooed "pintados" warriors. In 1986, the Pintados Foundation, Inc. was formed by the people of Tacloban to

organize this festival in honor of Sr. Santo Niño.

Bangus Festival, officially named Dagupan City Bangus Festival, is a yearly cultural and food festival in Dagupan City

in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines held every April 30. It is a celebration of the city's production of the bangus

fish and many of its related products.