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Jacques-Louis David was the image-maker of revolutions, regimes, and empire. Born into a France simmering with discontent in the build up to Revolution, his life was marked by violence, ambition, and turbulence. He voted to execute a king, helped build the myth of a revolutionary republic, and when that republic imploded, he helped crown an emperor. Drawn repeatedly to authoritarian figures - from Robespierre and Marat to Napoleon Bonaparte - David couldn’t resist the magnetic pull of power. His 1801 masterpiece Napoleon Crossing the Alps reveals everything about David: his obsession with power, his taste for dramatic storytelling, and how seeing is believing. This is the story of art as propaganda.

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MUSIC Prokofiev Toccata D minor, op 11 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Dance of the Knights

BOOKS The Russian Vision: The Art of Ilya Repin by David Jackson Ilya Repin (Great Painters) by G.IU. Sternin and Yelena Kirillina Ilya REPIN: The Russian Soul on Canvas (Russian Painting from the Romanovs to Stalin) by Grigori Sternin

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