Who Has The Power
Neoclassical art from the enlightenment era can be connected to modern day culture. Political issues are currently everywhere and they just so happen to be one of the themes of enlightenment. For this assignment I chose to use a painting from the enlightenment era to compare to modern day culture.
The image below is a painting called Oath of the Horatii and was created by Jacques-Louis David in 1784.“Here, the three Horatii brothers are swearing an oath on their swords which their father presents to them to fight until they die for their country”. During my research for the previous assignment I found out that enlightenment had a political and religious theme, it also showed that the churches had all of the power. This painting ties into the political theme and shows that these brothers will fight to the death for their country.
Hello Nora, I enjoyed reading your post and think that you have made a good connection here. I think that the brothers swearing to fight until they die for their country. People in the BLM movement have a similar dedication to create the change they want today for the country they believe in, although they fight through nonviolent means. You chose an interesting piece, but I definitely think that it is still relevant to the political conflict we are going through today.
ReplyDeleteHey Nora, I never thought about this picture in the form of BLM. I used this same picture and related it more to just the themes of courage and sacrifice. I suppose to protest in any capacity takes some guts to an extent. This just shows how art can be interpreted in different ways in my opinion. You were able to relate it to a modern movement I just related it to courage and bravery. Nice work overall though.
ReplyDeleteHey Nora, I really like your post! You did a great job providing a piece of enlightenment art that accurately relates to today's society, and you definitely bring up some great connections. The detail explaining the painting is short but very concise and informative. Great work.
ReplyDeleteGreat post Nora. I thought the connection you made between the enlightenment and modern day culture was creative. I liked how you pieced together who plays what part from the painting and how they relate to modern day. For example saying the churches are the police. I thought you made a strong connection between the two and I also liked how you added that there will always be conflict. I agree with you. Just as history will always repeat itself, art in history will continue to have an impact as well.
ReplyDeleteWow Nora! I love your post. The connection that you make from the Enlightenment to modern day culture is spectacular! I really like how you say that in the painting the bothers represent the BLM movement and their countries are the protesters, while the church is the corrupt people in power. Personally, I don't think I would have been able to make this connection on my own, but now I can really see it!
ReplyDeleteHey Nora, I like how you connected past protest like the Horatii brothers to the BLM movement. I like this because it shows that the people want change in their country and how unfair things are. It a hsitorical fact that hundrends of years ago people wanted change even though the circumstances were different as you said are still a factor in modern day life and we face similar problems now.
ReplyDeleteHi Nora, I like the unique connection you made by comparing the Black Lives Matter movement to the painting made during Enlightenment. Agency was essentially nonexistent back then for anyone with a different belief than the churches' and Black people in America lack it today in many different aspects as well. It is also a clear representation of history repeating itself and prejudice playing a role for years on people who have different beliefs or who are simply justifiably fighting for equality.
ReplyDeleteI like the portrayal of BLM, the message is conveyed clearly and what is going on now has been happening in history in different eras. With that I mean that people have always been unsatisfied with their governments or ruling powers that over see them from monarchs to presidents. I think change is inevitable in every aspect of life and in this case people of African origin are fed up with being oppressed so they demand justice and equality just like the Europeans who fought against persecutions and capital punishments.
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