Napoleon_And_David

Napoleon And David Napoleon and David Napoleon wanted his time to be distinguished in all areas including the arts. Napoleon gave artists a sustained patronage, which allowed for the production of a large volume of work during his reign. Painters particularly favored by Napoleon the most were David. David painted in a Neo-classical style. He painted many pictures that glorified the French Revolution and later, glorifying Napoleon. His works were distinguished by color and drama. He is regarded as one of the leading figures in the development of Romanticism. Napoleon influenced in part the development of the Romantic Movement. Individualism was an important trait of Romanticism. Napoleon was a self-made man, the prime example of will and intelligence overcoming great obstacles. He was admired and respected by many great figures of his time. Even if they did not like him they respected his achievements. Many artists of the time found him to be an interesting subject, and a large volume of works of art were created during his lifetime. David took pleasure in portraying Napoleon’s greatness and even embellishing and enhancing it. David painted him in a positive light even thought they did not personally view napoleon, david, artists, even, time, painted, great, works, volume, romanticism, respected, regarded, powerful, positive, particularly, one, negative, napoleons, man, look, light, large, horse, found, figures, during, distinguished, development, caricature, art, alps, work, wild-eyed, wild, way, wanted