See history painting and Neoclassicism . See narrative art . See Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood . Nevertheless, the painting captured and has held the affection of succeeding generations of Americans, for the drama of the episode, despite the histrionics, has great patriotic appeal. A group of seated figures watches Salome dance.
Dorian warriors perform the dance before an audience.
See Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood . This is the interior of a Roman wine shop, as excavated at Pompeii. See narrative art . See Realism . In 1812, French Emperor Napolean, having just been defeated by the British at Waterloo, sits in a peasant's cottage, brooding before a fire.