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ARTS OF THE
NEOCLASSIC AND
ROMANTIC PERIODS
Neoclassicism  Were the movements after the Rococo period that flourished
across Western Europe and the United States which spanned
and approximately from the eighteenth (18th) to the nineteenth (19th)
Romanticism centuries.
 The word neoclassic came from the Greek word neos meaning
“new” and the Latin word classicus which is similar in
meaning to the English phrase “first class”.
Neoclassicism  The Western movement in decorative and visual arts was called
1780-1840 Neoclassicism. It also applies to literature, theater, music, and
architecture that were influenced by the Classical art and
culture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.
 Neoclassical movement coincided with the 18th century Age of
Reason of 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.
 Neoclassical art pieces such as paintings, sculpture, and
architecture generally portrayed Roman history which elevated
the Roman heroes.
 Portrayal of Roman History
 Formal composition
 The use of diagonals to show the peak of an emotion or
moment (versus a regular movement)
Characteristics  Local color
 Overall lighting
 Classic geo-structure
Neoclassicism Classicism
• This is the renewed interest in • This is the period in
classical ideas and forms that which Greek and
influenced European and American Roman principles
society through idea, politics, and and styles were
fine arts during the 18th and 19th reflected in society.
century. It also refers to the art
forms created after but inspired by
the ancient times. This period was
derived from the Classicism period.
Be careful not to interchange the two (2) terms. Classicism refers to the art forms produced in antiquity or
inspired by it afterward, while Neoclassicism refers to the art forms inspired by ancient times, but created
later.
 Jacques-Louis David (1748-
1825) was an influential
French painter in the
Neoclassical neoclassical style and
considered to be the pre-
Artists eminent painter of the era. His
subjects of paintings were
more on history.
David’s
Famous
Artworks
The Death of
Marat David’s
masterpiece shows the
portrayal of a revolutionary
martyr. This is the painting of
the murdered French
revolutionary leader Jean-Paul
Marat.
Napoleon Crossing the Alps
 The painting that showed a strongly idealized

view of the real crossing that Napoleon and his
army made across the Alps through the Great St.
Bernard Pass in May 1800.
Oath of the Horati
 It was a large painting that depicts a scene from a

Roman legend about the dispute between Roman
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.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Ingres (1780-1867)
 Ingres was a pupil of Jacques-Louis David. He was influenced
by Italian Renaissance painters like Raphael, Nicolas Puosin,
Botticelli, and his mentor, Jacques-Louis David.
 His paintings were 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 if his era.
Famous
Artworks
Portrait of Napoleon on the Imperial Throne
 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
owned by the Corps Legislatif which was part of the French
Legislature. The Painting was believed to be commissioned by
Napoleon as King of Italy.
The Apotheosis of
Homer
 the painting was a state-commission by

Charles X to have him remembered in
the building works of the Louvre. The
painting depicts an image of Homer,
receiving all the brilliant men of Rome,
Greece, and Contemporary times.
 Was started in the mid-18th century. It turned away from the
Neoclassical grandeur of Rococo style and the late Baroque. In its purest
form, neoclassical Greece and Rome and the architectural
Architecture designs of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio.
 Temple style building design was based on an ancient temple.
Types of These buildings were uncommon during the Renaissance as
Neoclassical architects of that period focused mainly on applying classical

elements to churches and modern buildings like palazzos and
Architecture villas.
Pantheon, Paris by Jacques-
Germain Soufflot
Famous temple
style buildings of British Museum, London by
Robert Smirke
the Neoclassical
age
La Madeleine de Paris by
Pierre-Alexandre Vignon
 Palladian buildings were based on Andrea Palladio’s style of
villa construction. Some of the buildings feature a balustrade
which is railing with vertical supports along the edge of the
Palladian Style 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.
 He was known as the Palladian Architect of the Neoclassical
who designed two well-known American civic buildings- the
White House and the United States Capitol. He had also
designed many country houses
Robert Adam White House
(1728-1792)
United States
Capitol

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ARTS OF THE

 The painting that showed a strongly idealized

 It was a large painting that depicts a scene from a

 the painting depicts Napoleon in his decadent coronation

 the painting was a state-commission by

Neoclassical architects of that period focused mainly on applying classical

Robert Adam White House

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