Photo by Oh Paris via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0). The Great Sphinx of Tanis, 2600 BCE, Louvre, Paris, France. Great Sphinx of Tanis Still from APES**T, The Great Sphinx of Tanis, 2600 BCE, Louvre, The Carters, 2018, Youtube. The woman crying whilst sitting down is Camilla, a sister of the Horatii brothers, who is also betrothed to one of the Curiatii fighters, and thus she weeps at the realization that, in any case, she will lose someone she loves.Ħ. However, it is the surviving brother who is able to kill the other three fighters from Alba Longa. Of the three Horatii brothers, only one survived the confrontation. In the painting we see the Romans saluting their father who holds their swords out for them. Two families decided to fight: three Roman brothers of the Horatii family and three brothers from a family of Alba Longa, the Curiatii. Instead of the two cities sending their armies to war, they agree to choose three men from each city the victor in that fight will be the victorious city. It depicts a scene from a Roman legend about a dispute between two cities, Rome and Alba Longa. It immediately became a huge success with critics and the public and remains one of the best-known paintings in the Neoclassical style. Oath of the Horatii was created by Jacques-Louis David in 1784. Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, Louvre, Paris, France. Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii Still from APES**T, Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, Louvre, The Carters, 2018, Youtube. The scene we see in the video represents the ancient sun god Apollo’s first triumph, when, at Delphi, he slew with his bow and arrows the serpent Python, which is dying in the sea.ĥ. The gallery served as a model for the famous Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles. From 1848 to 1850, the gallery was restored by the architect Duban who commissioned Delacroix to the central composition, and Müller’s and Guichard’s two compositions. Lagrenée, Callet and Renou completed the decoration with canvases which were their pieces of reception at the Academy. During the second half of the 18th century, when the Academy of Painting occupied the gallery, the painters Taraval, Durameau, J. At the request of Louis XIV, in 1663 Charles Le Brun painted the race of the sun (Apollo, the Roman god of the sun) through time and space. The Jay-Z and Beyoncé Louvre video starts with shots of the Galerie d’Apollon‘s ceiling. Still from APES**T, Eugène Delacroix, Apollo Victorious over the Python, 1850-51, Louvre, The Carters, 2018, Youtube. Galerie d’Apollon Still from APES**T, Eugène Delacroix, Apollo Victorious over the Python, 1850-51, Louvre, The Carters, 2018, Youtube. Just take a look yourself and let’s explore the Jay-Z and Beyoncé Louvre video together:ġ. Have you ever seen the crowd goin’ apeshit? I can’t believe we made it (This a different angle) This is what we’re thankful for (This is what we thank, thank) I can’t believe we made it (This is what we made, made) All these ingredients match perfectly with the lyrics of the song. You can see a little bit of sacrifice and drama too, but that seems to be a usual part of every road to success. Most of the masterpieces you will see in the Jay-Z and Beyoncé Louvre video are about power, money and victory. And guess what – in this article we have ALL of the Louvre masterpieces which you can spot in APES**t explained.īeyoncé and Jay-Z released their first joint album in 2018, the surprise nine-track record Everything Is Love and a music video for its debut single APES**t. I don’t have to say that the video features a ton of artworks.

There are shots of them standing in front of the Mona Lisa wearing pink and mint suits as well as shots of dancers in tights and crop tops. The famous music video shows Jay-Z and Beyoncé at the Louvre Museum in Paris.

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