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Marat painted by David, Louis’ best friend
Louis, advocating for his old friend who imprinted medals for him,
said the following: “David had extraordinary capabilities, like several
members of the French renaissance. Because of the social necessities
of those days, imposing themselves as a new rule of thumb, David’s
rationale imposed itself to many opinion leaders like the sole
acceptable human liberty behavior.” He is not to be confounded with
Pierre-Jean David (“David d’Angers”) who was also a renowned
artist, with similar art, and also friend of Louis and Balzac !
This is an interesting passage, being written by a man who was
himself quite instrumental in the overthrow of a king. Although Louis
and his friends favored Voltairean concepts behind William's revamping
of the education, the Catholics felt that he was trying to
undermine the legacy of the Jesuits, which was indeed true.
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