One☝final lesson
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jacques-Louis David
1748-1825
Death of Socrates (469-399 BC)
1787
medium-oil on canvas
movement-Neo Classical
A must see video if you want to learn how to "read" this famous work of art.For example,that's an unengaged Plato at the foot of the bed.However,Plato was absent at the death of Socrates.So why is he in the painting?
youtu.be/rKhfFBbVtFg 7:34
The Death of Socrates (French:La Morte de Socrate) is an oil on canvas painted by painter Jacques Louis David in 1787.The painting focuses on a classical subject like many of his works from that decade in this case,the story of the execution of Socrates told by Plato in Phaedo.In this story Socrates is convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens and introducing strange gods,and has been sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock.Socrates uses his death as a final lesson for his pupils rather than fleeing when the opportunity arises and faces it calmly.The Phaedo depicts the death of Socrates and is also Plato's fourth and last dialogue to detail the philosopher's final days,which is also detailed in Euthyphro Apology,and Crito.
In the painting an old man (Socrates) in a white robe sits upright on a bed,one hand extending over a cup,the other gesturing in the air.He is surrounded by other men of varying ages,most showing emotional distress unlike the stoic old man.The young man holding the cup looks the other way,with his face in his free hand.Another young man (Crito,a faithful follower of Socrates's) clutches the thigh of the old man.An elderly man (Plato) sits at the edge of the bed,slumped over and looking in his lap.To the left other men (and Socrates's wife,Xanthippe) are seen through an arch set in the background wall-Wikipedia
One☝final lesson
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jacques-Louis David
1748-1825
Death of Socrates (469-399 BC)
1787
medium-oil on canvas
movement-Neo Classical
A must see video if you want to learn how to "read" this famous work of art.For example,that's an unengaged Plato at the foot of the bed.However,Plato was absent at the death of Socrates.So why is he in the painting?
youtu.be/rKhfFBbVtFg 7:34
The Death of Socrates (French:La Morte de Socrate) is an oil on canvas painted by painter Jacques Louis David in 1787.The painting focuses on a classical subject like many of his works from that decade in this case,the story of the execution of Socrates told by Plato in Phaedo.In this story Socrates is convicted of corrupting the youth of Athens and introducing strange gods,and has been sentenced to die by drinking poison hemlock.Socrates uses his death as a final lesson for his pupils rather than fleeing when the opportunity arises and faces it calmly.The Phaedo depicts the death of Socrates and is also Plato's fourth and last dialogue to detail the philosopher's final days,which is also detailed in Euthyphro Apology,and Crito.
In the painting an old man (Socrates) in a white robe sits upright on a bed,one hand extending over a cup,the other gesturing in the air.He is surrounded by other men of varying ages,most showing emotional distress unlike the stoic old man.The young man holding the cup looks the other way,with his face in his free hand.Another young man (Crito,a faithful follower of Socrates's) clutches the thigh of the old man.An elderly man (Plato) sits at the edge of the bed,slumped over and looking in his lap.To the left other men (and Socrates's wife,Xanthippe) are seen through an arch set in the background wall-Wikipedia