Negative Space in Western Art: The Death of Marat

Jacques-Louis David's pivotal masterpiece, "The Death of Marat" (1793) employs a sophisticated, evocative use of negative space - unique for its time/place. (A couple minor glitches in the audio - sorry!)

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I think of the skies in Turner paintings although I don't think his is a use of negative space, it still reminds me of the weight of that space in the Marat painting.

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Good example!

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Las Meninas...and his paintings of jesters and buffons

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Goya