The circumstances in which art is created play a role in its meaning.

We have to find
out...

What year did it come out, and where did it come from?

Why did the artist make this piece of art? For whom or for what purpose was it
created?

What does it mean in terms of the era and culture in which it was created?
Oath of the Horatii

Artist: Jacques-Louis David

Dimensions: 3.26 m x 4.2 m
Created: 1784
Medium: Oil Paint
Genre: History painting
Location: Louvre, Paris
When and where was it made?
- Paris, France 1784

For whom, or what reason was it made?

- The king's assistant, Charles-Claude Flahaut de la Billaderie, commissioned Oath of the Horatii
with the intention that it be an allegory about loyalty to the state and therefore to the king.
Nevertheless, David departed from the agreed-upon scene, painting this scene instead. The
painting was not completed in Paris, but rather in Rome, where David was visited by his pupil
Jean-Germaine Drouais who had himself recently won the Prix de Rome.

How is it significant for the times and culture in which it was made?
- David's Oath of the Horatii was undoubtedly one of his most famous and prized works, quickly
becoming the face of the French Revolution and the symbol of patriotism. The painting was
exhibited in 1785, just four years before the revolution. It tells the story of two feuding cities, Rome
and Alba.
▪ When and where was it made?
▪ - The Netherlands, 1923 – A short visit back to the
Netherlands led to an extended stay for five years due to
the outbreak of World War 1 (1914).Although an
unexpected turn of events, Mondrian made many
important connections during this time that led to the
establishment of De Stijl.
▪ For whom, or what reason was it made?
▪ - To show that beauty could exist as an abstract idea in
plastic form
Composition A
▪ How is it significant for the times and culture in which it
was made? Artist: Piet Mondrian
▪ - Using geometric forms to express a purely abstract Period: De Stijl
ideal was quite radical for the times. Created: 1923
Genre: Abstract art
Location: Galleria Nazionale
d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea
(GNAM), Rome, Italy
▪ What year did it come out, and where did it come
from?- California, Venice During the Watergate affair
and the Vietnam War, it was 1974.

▪ For whom or for what purpose was it created?- To

make a statement about the state of art and culture in
the United States of America

▪ What does it mean in terms of the era and culture in

which it was created?- Burden's severe body art
broadened the vocabulary of art forms and had a
significant impact on getting art out of museums and Chris Burden, Transfixed, 1974
into the public eye.
▪ This is an example of a painting by an early Cubist. Picasso wanted to depict things
as it was, not as it appeared. As a result, he dismantled the guitar player and
attempted to present all sides of him at the same time.

Pablo Picasso, Le Guitariste, 1910