1. Jacques Louis-David makes Marat look glorious in death by painting his skin flawless, even though when David painted Marat his skin was turning green. David only painted one stab on Marat's chest which looks delicate but is unmissable. He also painted in money on top of a letter from a widow who's spouse died in a war. Which makes it seem like he was moved to send this widow some money, out of the kindness of his heart. David painted this painting for Marat to be remembered as a kind person who was killed as a result of his own kindness. Which would make it seem like what he was doing for France was meaningful and valuable.

2. There are various differences between the two paintings that David painted of Marat and Marie Antoinette. In the painting of Marat, it makes Marat look kind and glorious like a king. You can tell that David took a longer time and extra effort to draw Marat's painting, because of the brush strokes in the background. But the picture of Marie Antoinette it shows her last moments as a miserable human, unglamorous. It also looks like David didn't try to take the time or effort to paint Marie Antoinette because looks like a sketch colourless and effortless. The biggest difference between the paintings to me is how they look before/after death. …show more content…
These paintings say that David didn't like having a monarchy or, didn't care about the monarchy. I assume this since he drew Marie Antoinette wearing what peasant woman would wear even though we all realise that a queen would never wear peasant clothing. Also he drew her as a miserable human He painted Marat like he was glorious like he was a king when Mart wasn't. David drew Marat that way thanks to his belief that Marat was doing exceptional things even though you could say the exactly opposite. He just went around getting people