NEOCLASSICAL ART Revision

Introduction It flourished in Europe and North America from mid to end of 18th century They sought to replace the frivolity of the Rococo with a style logical and solemn It was the official art of the revolutions It has a deep moral sense .

It flourished in Europe and North America from mid to end of 18th century

They sought to replace the frivolity of the Rococo with a style logical and solemn

It was the official art of the revolutions

It has a deep moral sense .

Architecture The model was Rome (because Herculaneum, Pompeii and Athens were not discovered New archaeological finds extended architecture’s formal vocabulary This style is known as Adam style (Britain) , Revival (US)

The model was Rome (because Herculaneum, Pompeii and Athens were not discovered

New archaeological finds extended architecture’s formal vocabulary

This style is known as Adam style (Britain) , Revival (US)

Architecture Architects and works: Ledoux Percier and Fontaine: triumphal arches in Paris Robert Adam Schinkel Bulfinch: US Capitol, Monticello

Architects and works:

Ledoux

Percier and Fontaine: triumphal arches in Paris

Robert Adam

Schinkel

Bulfinch: US Capitol, Monticello

Sculpture Less revolutionary impact due to the influence of Classicism during Renaissance Sculptors avoided dramatic twisting poses Coloured marble is not used Idealized forms carved from white marble

Less revolutionary impact due to the influence of Classicism during Renaissance

Sculptors avoided dramatic twisting poses

Coloured marble is not used

Idealized forms carved from white marble

Sculpture Canova: His works have exquisite finishing and near resemblance to real life Images are attractive, full of grace, elegant Men deficient in dignity Female faces pleasing He enjoyed a high reputation even if his works can not compete with those of the big sculptors of other periods Works: Apollo and Psyche, The Three Graces

Canova:

His works have exquisite finishing and near resemblance to real life

Images are attractive, full of grace, elegant

Men deficient in dignity

Female faces pleasing

He enjoyed a high reputation even if his works can not compete with those of the big sculptors of other periods

Works: Apollo and Psyche, The Three Graces

Sculpture Thorvaldsen: Danish sculptor, one of the biggest representatives of Neoclassical period He embodied the style of classical Greek Motives taken from Greek mythology Portraits of important personalities Works: Mary Magdalene, Zeus and Ganymede, Pope Pius VII.

Thorvaldsen:

Danish sculptor, one of the biggest representatives of Neoclassical period

He embodied the style of classical Greek

Motives taken from Greek mythology

Portraits of important personalities

Works: Mary Magdalene, Zeus and Ganymede, Pope Pius VII.

Painting Centred in Rome, where painters met around the German art historian Winckelmann Compositions are more simple than Baroque Subjects inspired in mythology Solemn and austere theme and treatments, and archaeologically correct in details

Centred in Rome, where painters met around the German art historian Winckelmann

Compositions are more simple than Baroque

Subjects inspired in mythology

Solemn and austere theme and treatments, and archaeologically correct in details

Painting Painters began to emulate the flat, silhouetted figures of Greek vase painting The style was successful and imitated Some approaches are just two-dimensional

Painters began to emulate the flat, silhouetted figures of Greek vase painting

The style was successful and imitated

Some approaches are just two-dimensional

Painting Jacques-Louis David: Supporter of the French Revolution He used grand manners in his early work He directed the Academe He produced numerous propaganda exercises Works: The Oath of the Horatii, Death of Marat, the Oath of the Tennis Court

Jacques-Louis David:

Supporter of the French Revolution

He used grand manners in his early work

He directed the Academe

He produced numerous propaganda exercises

Works: The Oath of the Horatii, Death of Marat, the Oath of the Tennis Court

Painting Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: It is responsive to clothing and the postures dictated by costume Lacked of spontaneity Mannered and too finished work Portraits in which linked realism with abstraction Sought for perfectionism

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres:

It is responsive to clothing and the postures dictated by costume

Lacked of spontaneity

Mannered and too finished work

Portraits in which linked realism with abstraction

Sought for perfectionism

Painting Portraits of women considered implying a sexual submissiveness He depicted nudes Influence of the exotic (harem) Refined erotic images with women full of carnal presence Works: The Big Bather, the Odalisque, the Turkish Bath

Portraits of women considered implying a sexual submissiveness

He depicted nudes

Influence of the exotic (harem)

Refined erotic images with women full of carnal presence

Works: The Big Bather, the Odalisque, the Turkish Bath