Oath of the Horatii it was painted nearly four years before the revolution in France, "The Oath of the Horatii" became one of the defining images of the time. In the painting, the three brothers express their loyalty and solidarity with Rome before battle, wholly supported by their father. These are men willing to lay down their lives out of patriotic duty. With their resolute gaze and taut, outstretched limbs, they are citadels of patriotism. They are symbols of the highest virtues of Rome. Their clarity of purpose, mirrored by David's simple yet powerful use of tonal contrasts, lends the painting, and its message
Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics singles qualifying tournament (no less than two and no more than eight qualifiers) and then the ITTF world ranking. Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will feature 172 table tennis players (equally distributed between men and women) competing in both the singles and team events, as well as a new mixed doubles event. Table tennis had appeared at the Summer Olympics on eight previous occasions beginning with the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. As the host nation, Japan had automatically qualified six athletes; a team of three men and women