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Compare And Contrast The Oath Of The Horatii
The Oath of the Horatii seems to take place outside in a courtyard, whereas the Liberty painting appears to be in a city similar to New York City. According to DeWitte, author of Gateways of Art, The oath of the Horatii “shows a scene from early Roman history in which three brothers make a vow to their father to fight for Rome”(Gateways of Art 500). DeWitte also mentions, “the liberty Leading the People, by Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863), depicts the French people bravely rising up against their government in the three-day July Revolution of 1830” (502). One of the differences from Neoclassicism and Romanticism from these paintings are the time period. In my opinion, the Horatii painting is simple, but yet it demonstrates a deeper meaning, therefore,

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