Get the latest art news, reviews and opinions from Hyperallergic ... “Jacques-Louis David’s painting ‘The Oath of the Horatii’ [1784–5] seems to have started the idea of it being ...

This straight-arm gesture was first popularized by the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. There’s no evidence that there was ever such a thing as a ‘Roman salute’ in antiquity.

Winkler argued that there was scant evidence in Roman art or literature to suggest that such a gesture existed. Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784, Paris, Louvre Instead ...

The best example of this classicising invention is Jacques-Louis David’s 1784 painting, The Oath of the Horatii, which shows the three patriotic ... In the development of fascist symbolism, life ...

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“Not a single Roman work of art — sculpture, coinage ... It was seen for the first time in French painter Jacques-Louis David’s painting “Oath of the Horatii” created in 1784. While Hitler made the ...

The tradition of swearing the oath of office on a Bible stretches back to George Washington, but not all presidents have observed it. By Elizabeth Dias National religion correspondent As Donald J.

Trump took the oath of office shortly after noon in Washington, and was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States. “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the ...

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Sunday created 47-foot-long sand art of US President-elect Donald Trump ahead of his swearing-in ceremony as the 47th President of the United States. Mr Pattnaik ...