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    Neoclassicism was an artistic movement that drew inspiration from classical antiquity, inspired by the renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman art and culture. It portrayed themes from Roman history with an emphasis on formal composition, order, logic and reason. Romanticism emphasized emotion, nature, and the individual over society and reason. Notable Neoclassical artists like Jacques-Louis David and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painted historical scenes with an emphasis on accuracy and idealized portrayals. Neoclassical architecture was inspired by classical Greek and Roman designs, featuring temple styles, Palladian styles, and classical block styles.

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    Neoclassicism was an artistic movement that drew inspiration from classical antiquity, inspired by the renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman art and culture. It portrayed themes from Roman history with an emphasis on formal composition, order, logic and reason. Romanticism emphasized emotion, nature, and the individual over society and reason. Notable Neoclassical artists like Jacques-Louis David and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painted historical scenes with an emphasis on accuracy and idealized portrayals. Neoclassical architecture was inspired by classical Greek and Roman designs, featuring temple styles, Palladian styles, and classical block styles.

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    Neoclassicism was an artistic movement that drew inspiration from classical antiquity, inspired by the renewed interest in classical Greek and Roman art and culture. It portrayed themes from Roman history with an emphasis on formal composition, order, logic and reason. Romanticism emphasized emotion, nature, and the individual over society and reason. Notable Neoclassical artists like Jacques-Louis David and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painted historical scenes with an emphasis on accuracy and idealized portrayals. Neoclassical architecture was inspired by classical Greek and Roman designs, featuring temple styles, Palladian styles, and classical block styles.

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    NEOCLASSICISM

    AND
    ROMANTICISM
    “Neoclassic” came from the
    Greek word “neos” means
    “new” and the Latin word
    “classicus” which means “first
    class”.
     The Neoclassicism movement coincided
    with the 18th century Age of Reason also
    known as the Age of Enlightenment.
     The art style in this period was brought
    about by the renewed interest in Greek
    and Roman classics.
     It portrayed Roman History.
     Formal Composition
     Nature is defined as human nature
     Society more important than individual
     Imitation
     Tradition
     Rules and order
     Mechanical form (imposed from outside)
     Logic
     Reason
     Attempted objectivity
     Town or cultivated landscape
     Cultivated, formal, social
     Neoclassical artists embraced the ideals of
    order and moderation in which artistic
    interpretations of classic Greek ad Roman
    history were restored to realistic portrayals.
     Neoclassical painters gave great importance to
    the costumes, settings and details of classical
    subject-matter without adding distracting
    details but with as much historical accuracy as
    possible.
     He was born August 30,1748 –December
    29,1825
     He was one of the influential French painter
    and consider as pre-eminent painter of the
    era.
     His subjects of paintings were more on
    history.
     The Death of Marat
     Napoleon Crossing The
    Alps
     Oath Of The Horatii
     Image from Royal Museums of Fine
    Arts of Belgium
     David’s masterpiece shows the
    portrayal of a revolutionary martyr.
     This this a painting of the murdered
    French Revolutionary leader Jean-
    Paul Marat.
     Image from Musee national du chateau de
    Malmaison.
     The painting that showed a strongly
    idealized view of the real crossing that
    Napoleon ad his army made across the
    Alps through the Great St. Bernard Pass I
    May 1800.
     Image from Toledo Museum of Art.
     It was a large painting that depicts a
    scene from a Roman Legend about the
    dispute between Rome and Alba Longa.
     The three brothers, all of whom appear
    willing to sacrifice their lives for the good
    of Rome, are shown saluting their father
    who holds their swords out for them.
     Ingres was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David.
     He was influence by the Italian Renaissance
    painters like Raphael, Nicolas Pousin,
    Botticelli, and his mentor, Jacques-Louis David.
     His paintings are usually nudes, portraits and
    mythological themes.
     He was regarded as one of the great exemplars
     Of academic art and one of the finest old
    masters of his era.
     Portrait
    of Napoleon On
    The Imperial Throne
     The Apotheosis of
    Homer
     Image from Musee de l’ Armee, Paris, France
     The painting depicts Napoleon in his decadent
    coronation costume, seated upon his golden-
    encrusted throne, hand resting upon smooth
    ivory balls.
     During his reign, the painting was owed by the
    Corps Legistatif which was a part of the French
    Legislature.
     The painting was believe to be commissioned
    by Napoleon as king of Italy.
     Image from Louvre Museum.
     The painting was a state-commission by
    Charles X to have him remembered I the
    building works of the Louvre.
     The painting depicts a image of Homer,
    receiving all the brilliant men of Rome,
    Greece and contemporary times.
     The Neoclassical period was one of
    the great ages of public sculpture.
     Artists looked to Roman styles
    during the time of Alexander the
    Great for inspiration as well as to
    mimic their style.
     He was a prolific Italian artists and
    sculptor who became famous for his
    marble sculptures that delicately
    rendered nude flesh.
     He opened the idea for portraying
    discrete sexual pressures by using pure
    contours with his mythological
    composition.
     Psyche Awakened by
    Cupid’s Kiss
     Washington
     Photo taken by Eric
    Pouhier 2007
     A marble sculpture
    portraying the relationship
    of Psyche and Cupid
     Thisis a marble sculpture of
    Washington currently
    displayed at North Carolina
    Museum of History.
     He was the first internationally
    acclaimed Danish artist.
     He executed sculpture of
    mythological and religious themes
    characters.
    Christ

    Lion of Lucerne
    A marble sculpture image
    of resurrected Christ
    currently located at the
    Thorvaldsen Museum.
     A sculpture of a dying lion in
    Lucerne, Switzerland that
    commemorates the Swiss Guards
    who were massacred in 1792 during
    the French Revolution.
     Neoclassical architectural styles started I
    the mid-18th century. It turned away
    from the grandeur Rococo Style and the
    Late Baroque.
     In its purest forms, Neoclassical
    architecture was a style principally
    derived from the architecture of Classical
    Greece ad Rome and the architectural
    designs of the Italian architect Andréa
    Palladio.
     A.TEMPLE STYLE
     This building design was based on an
    ancient temple.
     These were uncommon during the
    Renaissance as architects of the period
    focused mainly o applying classical
    elements to churches and modern buildings
    like palazzos and villas.
     Many temple style buildings feature a
    Peristyle (a continuous line of columns).
     Pantheon Paris
     British Museum,
    London
     La Madeleine de Paris
     B.PALLADIAN STYLE
     Palladian building were based on Andrea
    Palladio’s style of villa construction.
     Some of the buildings feature a balustrade
    which is a railing with vertical supports
     Along the edge of the roof.
     There are vertical supports within a
    balustrade known as “balusters” or
    “spindles”.
     It is also a classical method of crowning a
    building that has a flat or low lying roof.
     One of the famous architects in the era was:
     He was known as the Palladian
    architect of the neoclassical who
    designed to well-know American
    Civic buildings.
     The White House and the United
    States Capitol.
     He had also designed may country
    houses.
     C. CLASSICAL BLOCK STYLE
     The building features a rectangular or square
    plan, with a flat roof and a exterior rich in
    classical pattern or series of arches and /or
    columns.
     The overall impression of such a building was
    a huge, classically-decorated rectangular block.
     Classical block aesthetic was also known as
    “beau-Arts style”, since it was developed
    principally by the French Ecole des Beau-Arts(
    School of Fine Arts).
     Classical block architecture also flourished I the
    United States, particularly in New York.
     A. HENRI LABROUSTE- His
    masterpiece is the Library of Sainte-
    Genevieve.
     B. CHARLES GARNIER- He designed
    the most famous classical block of all
    which is the Palais Garnier (a
    Neobaroque opera house).

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