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[sunliner.livejournal.com]

I watched Simon Schama's Power of Art thing on David and jeeeez, he really hates him, doesn't he? It actually bothered me. Like, to the point where I made faces at the TV.
Also I forgot to add that it is very apparent that Death of Marat just EXHUDES ~*evil revolutionary sentiments*~ that corrupt the minds of our youth, ya know?

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[sunliner.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, that is such a wonderful insult.

What's funny is that I've never in my life come across a person who hated David before. I mean, out of all the arty people I've talked to, only one of them really knew about his politics, which could explain it--but even if the others did, I can't imagine they'd care much, let alone film a one-hour TV special on how much he sucks.

[maelicia.livejournal.com]

I believe that's because they usually avoid to speak of the political ideas. When they do -- in biographies, for example -- they generally can't avoid to bash David, firstly for painting Marat, secondly for being Robespierre's friend.

There is an ideological and political issue with all of this bashing that keeps on fascinating me. All the revisionists (French or Anglo-Americans) have a thing in common, they all seem to try to condemn the revolutionary idealism as if it were "absolute evil" and therefore needed to be destroyed.....

[morgan-wang.livejournal.com]

I don't like David either. Sure he can draw, but polticaly he was a double-crosser. One day its, "I will drink the hemlock with you" to Robespierre, the next, "Oh, dear, it apears he's lost populatiry and will be executed, Time to go into hiding." (Okay, I made the last quote up. but still...)