Jacques Louis David ja Prantsuse Revolutsioon
from were extremely rare, therefore even only sketches of the Tennis Court Oath became very
famous. (Friedlaender, 1952, p.22)
Moreover, representing crowds of important historical figures as great heroes in the same
space was a challenge for David, but he succeeded with great accuracy. (Friedlaender, 1952,
p.22) The main characters of the painting are positioned to look more outstanding than others
and their muscularity makes them appear even more heroic. (Lajer, 1999, p.106) He placed
one of the main figures, Jean Bailly, to the center of the room on a table that divided the room
into two sides, but did not break the unity of the whole picture. Aside from Bailly, other
important delegates like abbe Gregoire, dom Gerle and Rabaut Saint-Etienne, were located
centrally and made identifiable. Around the table representatives of Protestantism, regular
clergy and secular clergy were all together without special division. This shows how the
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