Oath of the Horatii pupil Jean-Germaine Drouais who had himself recently won the Prix de Rome. Ultimately, David's picture manifests a progressive outlook, deeply influenced by Enlightenment ideas, that eventually contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy. As the French Revolution approached, paintings increasingly referred to the loyalty to the state rather than the family or the church. Painted five years before the Revolution, the "Oath of the Horatii" reflects the political tensions of the period. In 1789, David painted "The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons", a picture that was also a royal commission. Shortly afterward, the king went up
Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III Revolution of the Mind: Live at the Apollo, Volume III is a live double album by James Brown released in 1971. As its subtitle suggests, it is Brown's third album recorded at the Apollo Theater, following the original "Live at the Apollo" (1963) and "Live at the Apollo, Volume II" (1968). After a triple album project recorded in France was cancelled because Brown had signed with a new label, Polydor , in 1971, Brown elected to do many of the same songs on a New York project . Unlike the