Table of Contents
Alcibiades Being Taught by Socrates
Quiet instruction becomes a moment of moral formation.
Youthful ambition meets philosophical gravity.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
Authority staged as destiny.
Motion, command, and myth converge in a single gesture.
Oath of the Horatii
Bodies align around a shared vow.
Duty outweighs blood, love, and fear.
The Farewell of Telemachus and Eucharis
A tender pause before separation.
Emotion restrained by classical poise.
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons
Justice carried to its unbearable conclusion.
Public virtue confronts private loss.
