Question

What was King Louis XVI's goal for Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatil, 1784

1) to send a moral message

2) to educate the public about antiquity

3) to discourage a revolution

4) to decorate his palace


Number 3 is wrong

Answer 1

The correct answer is option 1: "to send a moral message." King Louis XVI's goal for Jacques-Louis David's Oath of the Horatii was to promote patriotic values and discourage individualism, and the painting was intended to send a moral message about the importance of loyalty to the state and self-sacrifice.