In 1791, the French painter Jacques Louis David made a large, meticulously detailed drawing for a painting he never produced, called “The Oath of the Tennis Court.” It depicts a key moment ...

In fact, most people executed during the French Revolution – and particularly in its perceived bloodiest era, the nine-month “Reign of Terror” between autumn 1793 and summer 1794 – were ...

Propaganda though the ages -- Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great -- Imperial Rome -- Propaganda and religion -- Rise of Christianity -- The Crusades -- Reformation and Counter-Reformation -- ...

The French Revolution Pamphlets collection at Brandeis University's Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections Department consists of 94 documents (three linear feet) published ...

A landmark exhibition of drawings at the Met brings us into the studio of the French Revolution’s chief propagandist, and stages the ultimate showdown of culture and politics. By Jason Farago ...

The French Revolution was led by sociopaths who politicized language, much like today’s Jacobins. By . Peggy Noonan. Share. Resize. King Louis XVI of France is led to the guillotine, Jan. 21, 1793.

In 1793, Jacques Louis David, the official artist of the French Revolution, painted the Death of Marat as a tribute to his slain friend, the revolutionary propagandist Jean-Paul Marat, in the wake ...