e stayed there in 1781 [Smith 117]. He was a court painter to Napoleon after being a member of the revolutionary Convention [Smith 118]. All of these experiences helped to develope David's painting career. Another important picture, The Oath of the Horatii was perhaps the most important French Neoclaasic picture [Art Dictionary]. The simple, serve and uncomparrisining in the subordination of color to drawing. The Oath of Horatii was also highly topical in its Republican implicants [Art Dictionary]. It was followed by other large pictures that described classical and Republican issues. Through his career, David was a master portraitist. His portrait of Madame Pecoul (the second wife of his father-in-law) is wonderfully sympathetic without being in the least flattering [Smith 179]. The unfinshed portrait shows how he was able to show beautiful woman without denying her of her beauty. The picture shows how again, David had changed the dress, the furinture, and even the manners of his time [Smith 179]. His pupils were another way to exersize his influence of his paintings. The Royal Academy, developed by David guided artistic concepts to those put forward by his teachings. The Feast of Reason, another one of David's extrordinary paintings, abloshed the Royal Academy in 1793. He then help find the Institute which replaced the Royal Academy. David often denies himself, on Stoic principle that the expression of emotions of either pleasure or pain is a weak...
