Jacques-Louis David / 雅克-路易·大卫

Jacques-Louis David / 雅克-路易·大卫 appears in 125. 马拉之死：卑鄙的暗杀，或正义的处决？ as the revolutionary painter whose [[DeathOfMaratPainting|The Death of Marat]] turns [[JeanPaulMarat|Marat]] into a martyr. The episode treats the painting as a political image, not only an art-historical masterpiece.

David’s visual choices matter: Marat’s body is cleaned, softened, and made saint-like, while [[CharlotteCorday|Corday]] is absent. The source reads that omission as part of Revolutionary Martyrdom Image-Making / 革命殉道图像制造, where art can decide which body carries pity, virtue, sacrifice, and public memory.

The episode also mentions David in relation to [[AntoineLavoisier|Lavoisier]], whose domestic and scientific life had earlier been painted by David. That connection lets one artist sit between revolutionary sainthood and the scientific elite later threatened by revolutionary suspicion.

Connections

• The Death of Marat / 《马拉之死》 - central artwork discussed by the source.
• Jean-Paul Marat / 让-保罗·马拉 and Charlotte Corday / 夏洛特·科黛 - martyrized subject and omitted assassin.
• Revolutionary Martyrdom Image-Making / 革命殉道图像制造 and Historical Memory Contest - concepts for political image memory.
• Antoine Lavoisier / 拉瓦锡 and Science Under Revolutionary Suspicion / 革命怀疑下的科学 - adjacent science thread.