Neoclassicism

Jacques-Louis David, The Death of Marat

Jacques-Louis David, often considered the "official" painter of the revolution, was the leading figure of Neoclassicism. Neoclassical art developed in the mid-18th to early-19th centuries. It is a solemn form of art, referring back to the style of ancient Rome and Greece. One of his paintings, The Death of Marat, was created in 1793. I like how the subject is illuminated, while the background is dark. Neoclassicism borrows this technique from the Baroque period.