A painting titled The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons by Jacques-Louis David in 1789. A man dressed in traditional Roman clothing sits in a chair in the shadows. A woman hugs two children and reaches out in the other corner. Two men bring in a body on a stretcher. Why would David’s painting have been important to the leaders of the French Revolution?

It helped the people to understand history.
It gave the people an appreciation for fine art.
It demonstrated the importance of loyalty to one’s country.
It demonstrated the brutality of governments.