La Mort de Socrate
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La Mort de Socrate is the original French title of Jacques-Louis David’s famous 1787 Neoclassical painting depicting the philosopher Socrates calmly accepting his death by hemlock.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Neoclassical painting
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painting → |
| artForm | oil painting → |
| artHistoricalSignificance |
canonical representation of Socrates in Western art
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key work of early Neoclassical history painting → |
| artMovementContext |
Neoclassicism
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surface form: "French Neoclassicism"
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| collection |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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surface form: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
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| colorPalette | restrained palette with strong chiaroscuro → |
| countryOfOrigin | France → |
| creator | Jacques-Louis David → |
| creatorNationality | French → |
| depicts |
Athenian prison cell
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Crito → Plato → Socrates → cup of hemlock → death of Socrates → disciples of Socrates → hemlock poisoning of Socrates → |
| depictsEvent | execution of Socrates → |
| depictsPhilosophicalConcept |
duty to the laws of the city
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immortality of the soul → |
| depictsTimePeriod | Classical Athens → |
| genre | history painting → |
| hasPart |
central figure of Socrates seated on a bed
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elderly Plato seated at the foot of the bed → figure handing Socrates the cup of hemlock → mourning disciples surrounding Socrates → |
| inception | 1787 → |
| inspiredBy |
Apology of Socrates
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Phaedo → Socratic dialogues of Plato → |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
New York City
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surface form: "New York"
New York City → United States of America →
surface form: "United States"
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| location |
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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surface form: "The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
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| mainSubject |
philosophical martyrdom
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stoic acceptance of death → virtue → |
| materialUsed |
canvas
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oil paint → |
| movement | Neoclassicism → |
| originalLanguageTitle | La Mort de Socrate → |
| painter | Jacques-Louis David → |
| title |
La Mort de Socrate
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La Mort de Socrate →
surface form: "The Death of Socrates"
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Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "The Death of Socrates"
this entity surface form: "The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons"
subject surface form: "The Death of Socrates"
this entity surface form: "The Death of Socrates"