26 & 27. Charlotte & Marat
If you are at all familiar with the French revolution you may have come across the painting by Jacques Louis David called ‘The Death of Marat', one of the most famous works of art concerning a revolutionary event. It has often been reproduced, most recently and in my opinion very beautifully, in 2013 when Rob Wilson collaborated with the Louvre as a guest curator, he chose the theme of death and worked with Lady Gaga to recreate a number of paintings including this one. The painting itself depicts the moment of Marat’s assasination; he lies in his bath, holding in his hand a letter, his chest pierced, bleeding, stabbed by Charlotte Corday just moments earlier. It is a gorgeous painting, but also a piece of revolutionary propaganda and a true story, and it speaks volumes both in what is shown and what is absent. So let's find out more about Marat, Why Charlotte stabbed him and what happened to his bathtub.
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Books
The louvre murder club - Christos Markogiannakis
Vive la revolution - Mark Steel
The Killer of little Shepherds - Douglas Starr
Entrez au Panthéon! Olivier le Naire.
Louvre
https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010059773
Marat
Jean-Paul Marat | Graphic Arts
Queen of Death Masks, Madame Tussaud Narrowly Escaped Death in this Morbid Bargain
David, Madame Tussaud and the Death of Marat
Masque mortuaire de Marat, homme politique (1743-1793) | Paris Musées
JEAN-PAUL MARAT - Tombes sépultures dans les cimetières et autres lieux
Marat Bath
Jean-Paul Marat's Bathtub at Musée Grévin – Paris, France
Marat's bath tub - Patrick Nicholas-Fine Art Photographer
La baignoire de Marat : un vieux souvenir… | PARIS SECRET ET INSOLITE
Une baignoire dans l'Histoire : le dernier bain de Marat
Charlotte & Skull
Charlotte Corday (Michel Corday)/Chapitre 7 - Wikisource
Charlotte Corday's Head and Tales of What Happened
Sur les pas de Charlotte Corday
