What is happening in the picture?

1. What is happening in the picture?

2. Why was marat important to the French revolution? Why did Charlotte Corday murder him?

3. Analysis of the Death of Marat: How many did you get? • Marat's figure is idealized. For example, the painting contains no sign of his skin problems. • The artist is probably a revolutionary (he was) and has been to Marat’s house due to the level of detail • David, had been to Marat's residence the day before the assassination: hence the details the green rug, the papers, and the pen. • The Death of Marat is designed to commemorate a revolutionary hero. • Although the name Charlotte Corday (the murderer) can be seen on the paper held in Marat's left hand, she herself is not visible. • Close inspection of this painting shows Marat at his last breath, when Corday and many others were still nearby (Corday did not try to escape). This adds drama to the painting • David painted Marat, martyr of the Revolution, in a style reminiscent of a Christian martyr, with the face and body bathed in a soft, glowing light. • As with Renaissance art, David also played with multileveled references to classical art. • Does this suggest that Paris could compete with Rome as capital and mother city of the Arts and the idea of forming a kind of new Roman Republic appealed to French Revolutionaries,.

5. Describe at least four similarities and differences between these three versions of the murder. Why do you think these differences happened?

6. Analysis of the Death of Marat: How many did you get? • Marat's figure is idealized. For example, the painting contains no sign of his skin problems. • The artist is probably a revolutionary (he was) and has been to Marat’s house due to the level of detail • David, had been to Marat's residence the day before the assassination: hence the details the green rug, the papers, and the pen. • The Death of Marat is designed to commemorate a revolutionary hero. • Although the name Charlotte Corday (the murderer) can be seen on the paper held in Marat's left hand, she herself is not visible. • Close inspection of this painting shows Marat at his last breath, when Corday and many others were still nearby (Corday did not try to escape). This adds drama to the painting • David painted Marat, martyr of the Revolution, in a style reminiscent of a Christian martyr, with the face and body bathed in a soft, glowing light. • As with Renaissance art, David also played with multileveled references to classical art. • Does this suggest that Paris could compete with Rome as capital and mother city of the Arts and the idea of forming a kind of new Roman Republic appealed to French Revolutionaries,.