| | Belisarius - Jacques-Louis David (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | The subject he chose belonged to the sentimental genre of which his age was so fond and thus like his Saint Roch can be considered a transitional work. |
 | | The theme is surely the awsome power of tyranny, but in typical neo-classical form, the faces are very noble--those of the woman, the child, and the old man are particularly beautiful--and personify different spiritual aspects of grandeur. |
 | | Diderot wrote: "This young artist shows the grand manner in the way he has carried out his work; he has soul, his heads have expression without affectation, his attitudes are noble and natural, he draws, he knows how to cast a drapery and paint beautiful folds. |
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