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Friday, November 30, 2012

An Influential Lesson.

 Today while shifting forth between memories like a lunatic in a nuclear factory,which is to say my thoughts were bouncing in my head and at times exploding into a shower of fireworks.I came across something that sparked my interest on Google search(yes,from my head to the browser to Google that's how my brain works),I found that I was a fan of French revolution art;be it music ,sculpting ,painting,architecture or engraving I simply loved it.It is not for the fact that the work is invaluable or that it was from the French revolution,but more on the lines of the creativity,courage and imagination that these artist's had in order to get where they did and make a few bucks worth of paper and paint or stone  extremely valuable in today's world.

 For example:

                                                   Jacques-Louis David

                                                                    
                                                              Source: en.wikipedia.org

   Apart from being an ardent supporter of the French Revolution, he was also a dictator of the arts under the French Republic.He also had a large number of pupils making him the strongest influence in French art in the early 19 Th century  

Some of his work :


                                                       Le Serment De Horaces

                                                        Source: http://en.wikipedia.org

                                    

                                                            The Painting of Napoleon        

                                                     Source: http://en.wikipedia.org

    Heavily criticized mostly after his death,he was considered to be cold and lacking warmth.He was responsible for many people being sent to the guillotine,personally signing the death warrants of King Louis XVI  and Marie Antoinette .

  As you can see he was a pretty influential guy,and also considered to be one of the leading painters in France.Through all his all his criticism he stood his ground,playing out of the rigid styles and dynamically influencing many changes.Many of his students were honoured by the restored Bourbons following the French Revolution. 
   
  A valuable lesson to be learned by this famous painter's past is to try to change the rigid thinking we grow in,and never back down when we stumble or fall be it once twice or a million times,but instead to get up and get moving with what we feel is right.

  For we think like
          Out Of The Box Thinking

1 comment:

  1. Your love for French Revolution era paintings is commendable, as is your support for Napolean :D

    I love the last line!

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