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Jacques-Louis David: Cupid and Psyche
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How The Death of General Wolfe mythologized North America
Jacques-Louis David: Oath of the Horatii Jacques-Louis David: The Death of Marat David, Jacques-Louis: Portrait of Madame Récamier Barry, James: The Education of Achilles Vien, Joseph-Marie: The Toilette of a Bride in Ancient Dress Girodet, Anne-Louis: Psyche Asleep Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Goethe in the Roman Campagna
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Also Known As Neoclassicism
Date c. 1760 - c. 1860
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Jacques-Louis David: Cupid and Psyche
Jacques-Louis David: Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David: The Death of Marat
David, Jacques-Louis: Portrait of Madame Récamier
Barry, James: The Education of Achilles
Vien, Joseph-Marie: The Toilette of a Bride in Ancient Dress
Girodet, Anne-Louis: Psyche Asleep
Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein: Goethe in the Roman Campagna
Batoni, Pompeo Girolamo: Susannah and the Elders
Abildgaard, Nicolai: The Wounded Philoctetes
Why was The Valpinçon Bather unusual for its time?
How The Death of General Wolfe mythologized North America
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