David had a huge number of pupils, making him the strongest influence in French art of the early 19th century. After Napoleon's fall from power and the Bourbon revival, David exiled himself to Brussels where he remained until his death. It was at this time that he developed his Empire style, notable for its use of warm Venetian colors. Imprisoned after Robespierre's fall from power, he aligned himself with yet another political regime upon his release, that of Napoleon I. He later became an supporter of the French Revolution and friend of Robespierre, and was effectively a dictator of the arts under the French Republic. In the 1780s his rational brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward a classical strictness, heightened feeling chiming with the moral climate of the final years of the Ancien RĂ©gime. Jacques-Louis David was an influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the greatest painter of the era. Jacques-Louis David: 91 Paintings and Drawings 1507765576 Book Cover. This Art Book with Foreword by Maria Tsaneva contains 90 selected annotated reproductions of paintings and drawings from Jacques-Louis David. See all books authored by Maria Tsaneva, including Hans Holbein the Younger: 101.
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