26 & 27. Charlotte & Marat

26 & 27. Charlotte & Marat

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If you are at all familiar with the French revolution you may have come across the painting by Jacques Louis David called ‘The Death of Marat', one of the most famous works of art concerning a revolutionary event.  It has often been reproduced, most recently and in my opinion very beautifully,  in 2013  when Rob Wilson collaborated with the Louvre as a guest curator, he chose the theme of death and worked with Lady Gaga to recreate a number of paintings including this one. The painting itself depicts the moment of Marat’s assasination;  he lies in his bath, holding in his hand a letter, his chest pierced, bleeding, stabbed by Charlotte Corday just moments earlier. It is a gorgeous painting, but also  a piece of revolutionary propaganda and a true story, and it speaks volumes both in what is shown and what is absent.  So let's find out more about  Marat, Why Charlotte stabbed him and what happened to his bathtub. 

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