31+ The Oath Of Horatii By Jacques-Louis David Background. Neoclassicism was the revival of a classical style or treatment in art, literature, architecture, or music. Does an individual's allegiance lay ultimately with the family or the nation?

The painting immediately became a huge success with critics and the public. Depiction of a roman myth. Through the oath of horatii, he is able to show how informed he is about the new form of art.

The subject is the solemn moment, charged with stoicism and simple courage, when the three horatii brothers face their father and offer their lives to assure victory for.

David poses a tough moral question within the oath of the horatii: David poses a tough moral question within the oath of the horatii: Sabina, the sister of the curiatii and wife of the eldest of the horatii, and camilla. Oath of the horatii (french: