How do the formal properties help to make the work successful?

FORMAL ANALYSIS

For this assignment you will need to select ONE work of art from
the textbook in one of the chapters assigned this quarter and write
a two-page formal analysis of it.

THE ART WORK SELECTED IS: Jacques Louis David, “The Oath of the Horatii”. 1784. Oil on canvas, 10′10′′ × 13′11′′ (3.3 × 4.25 m). Musée du Louvre, Paris

For this assignment, you need to provide a complete description
of the work of art. In the first paragraph, you should tell your
reader what the work depicts before you begin the analysis of it.

You should consider the following:

Question 1: What was my first impression?

Question 2: Is the work emotionally or psychologically compelling,
or is it neutral? How so?

Question 3: How do the formal properties help to make the work
successful?

Question 4: How is space depicted or indicated?

Question 5: Is there a text (or narrative) that the picture illustrates
or alludes to? If so, what is it, and is the artwork successful in its
depiction?

Consider, also, how the following elements play a role in the work:
General Format of the work (e.g., horizontal, or vertical)Scale
Perspective
Color
Texture
Axis of composition (vertical, diagonal, horizontal)
Relation of parts to one another
Line
Shading

Rhythm
Unity and variety