the file contain neoclassic and Romantic classicism movement which basically stands against Rococo and Baroque Architectural style.

1. Lecturer:- Zerihun Abebe (Msc in conservation of urban and Architectural heritage)

2.  Reaction, counter reaction, reaction
 Three movements to note:
 Neoclassicism – reaction to baroque and rococo –
trying to bring back the simpler styles and “pure”
ideals of the Classical era (and Renaissance)
 Romanticism – reaction to materialism and focus on
religion and wealth – an attempt to focus on the
individual, nature, and feelings – also to glorify
revolution and social change
 Realism – reaction to social inequality – trying to
show the reality of human life and lower classes

3. - This was a revival of the styles and spirit of
classic antiquity (Ancient Greece and Rome)
- This movement in art, design and literature
reflected the developments in philosophy and
other areas of the Age of Enlightenment
- Artists and philosophers were reacting against
the EXCESS of the Baroque and especially the
Rococo style

4.  Artists felt that the Rococo age was just TOO
MUCH and that they should look back to
classical antiquity for the simplicity and
balance they desired
 Also made artworks in which Classical subjects
taught a moral lesson that they felt people
needed to see.

5. Jacques-Louis
David, Oath of the
Horatii

6. Interior of Mt. Vernon Estate, owned
By George Washington
US Capitol, Washington
Virginia State Capitol, Built 1788

7. Wedgwood Vase in the
Style of a Greek Urn, 1815
Portrait of Madame
De Verninac, Jacques-Louis David

8.  Reaction against excess / consumption of the
Rococo
 Admiration of Ancient Greek and Roman style
 Use of columns, mythical creatures, heroes of
the past
 Idea that the past was a purer, more moral,
more “ideal” time

9.  The American Revolution – 1776
 The French Revolution – 1789
 Napoleon Crowned emperor of France – 1803
 Haitian Revolution – 1789-1804 (first successful
Slave revolt)

10. - triumph of individualism and the emotions
- Occurs after the French Revolution
- emphasis on nature as symbolic of emotional life
- The “romantic hero”
- Celebration of rebellion against authority,
individual freedom
- Celebration of personal expression

11. Jacques-Louis David
Napoleon at St. Bernard’s Pass
1800
oil on canvas
9 ft. 11 1/2 in. x 7 ft. 2 in.

12.  Often what ties these together is the approach,
rather than the style
 Subject matter has to do with the individual,
with emotions, with real historical events
 We can often recognize dramatic skies as a
common element

13. Jacques-
Louis
David,
The Death of Marat
1794

14. Eugene Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People, 1830

15. Francisco Goya
The Third of May, 1808
1814
oil on canvas
8 ft. 8 in. x 11 ft. 3 in.

16. Théodore
Géricault
Raft of the Medusa
1818-1819
oil on canvas

17. Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
1818
oil on canvas

18. Caspar David Friedrich
Monk by the Sea
1809-10
oil on canvas

19. Joseph Mallord William Turner
The Slave Ship
1840
oil on canvas
2 ft. 11 11/16 in. x 4 ft. 5/16 in.