Neoclassicism was an artistic movement between the 18th and 21st centuries that drew inspiration from classical antiquity. It featured sculptures, paintings, architecture, and fashion influenced by ancient Greek and Roman styles. Notable Neoclassical painters included Jacques-Louis David, Benjamin West, and Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres. Their paintings emphasized sharp contrasts between light and dark. Neoclassical architecture featured Greek and Roman columns, arches, and domes in public and commemorative buildings designed by architects like Claude-Nicolas Ledoux. Sculpture from this period also looked to Roman styles from the time of Alexander the Great for inspiration.

3. ART IN THE
NEOCLASSICAL
PERIOD

4. The name given to quite distinct
movements in the decorative
& visual arts, literature,
theatre, music, and architecture.
These movements were in effect
at various times between
the 18th and 21st centuries.
Neoclassicism

5. Neoclassicism is the
Western Movement in
decorative and visual arts.
It draws inspiration from
the classical art and
culture of ancient Greece
and Rome.

6. Prime
elements
1. Sculptures
2. Paintings
3. Architecture
4. Fashion

8. PAINTING

9. Characteristics
- Sharp color with Chiaroscuro
Manifests the classical ideals
in art is characterized by strong contrasts
between light and dark, usually bold
contrasts affecting a whole composition.
Chiaroscuro ("light-dark")

10. “The Death of Socrates”

11. “TheLictorsBringto Brutusthe Bodiesof His Sons”
(1789)

12. Artists that
pioneered
the
Neoclassicist

13. • Jacques-Louis David
(30 August 1748 – 29
December 1825) was
a highly influential
French painter in the
Neoclassical style,
considered to be the
preeminent painter
of the era.

14. “ Oathof the Horatii ”
(1784)

15. Benjamin West, RA
(October 10, 1738
– March 11, 1820)
was an Anglo-
American painter
of historical scenes
around and after
the time of the
American War of
Independence.

16. “The Deathof General Wolfe”

17. • Jean Auguste Dominique
Ingres (29 August 1780 –
14 January 1867) was a
French Neoclassical
painter. Although he
considered himself to be
a painter of history in the
tradition of Nicolas
Poussin and Jacques-Louis
David, by the end of his
life it was Ingres's
portraits, both painted
and drawn, that were
recognized as his greatest
legacy.

18. Napoleon I
on his
ImperialThrone

19. Nicolas Poussin (15
June 1594 – 19
November 1665)
was a French painter
in the classical style.
His work
predominantly
features clarity, logic,
and order, and favors
line over color.

20. "Et in Arcadia ego“
(The Arcadian Shepherds)

21. The Continence of Scipio

22. Styles of
Painting
Introduce

23. 1. Historicism refers
to artistic styles
that draw their
inspiration from
copying historic
styles or artisans.

24. 2. Genre works, also called
genre scenes or genre
views, are pictorial
representations in any of
various media that represent
scenes or events from
everyday life, such as
markets, domestic settings,
interiors, parties, inn scenes,

25. “The Four Seasons”

26. ARCHITECTUR
E

27. Intellectually
Neoclassicism was
symptomatic of a desire to
return to the perceived
"purity" of the arts of Rome,
to the more vague
perception ("ideal") of
Ancient Greek arts.

28. GREEK AND ROMAN MODELS
(Columnas, arces, domes)
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
(librareis, museums, observatorios)
COMMEMORATIVE BUILDINGS
(Columnas, triumphral arces)

30. • Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (March 21, 1736
– November 18, 1806) was one of the
earliest exponents of French Neoclassical
architecture. He used his knowledge of
architectural theory to design not only in
domestic architecture but town planning,
as a consequence of his visionary plan for
the Ideal City of Chaux, he became
known as a utopian.

31. Project in the Royal City of Chaux

32. A Villa

36. Characteristic

37. • It tends to emphasize its planer
qualities, rather than sculptural
volumes.
• Projections and recessions and
their effects of light and shade are
flatter.
• Sculptural bas-reliefs are flatter
and tend to be unframed in
friezes, tablets or panels.

38. “New Theatre”

39. The Altes Museum ("Old Museum") in
Berlin

40. Neo= New
Classicism= Era of
logics
or
Age of reasons.

41. • Is dated from 1660-1780.
• Also called the “Augustan” period.
• Exulted the past.
• Saw the present as debased.
• Used satire and irony.
• Is a conservative movement
believed that humans were fallen.
• Observed a disparity between the
past & the present.

42. Neo-classical art pieces such as
painting, sculpture and architecture
generally portrayed history Roman
which elevated the Roman heroes.
Characteristics:
1. Portrayal of Roman History.
2. Formal Composition.
3. Local colors.
4. Overall lighting.
5. Classical geo structure.

43. Neoclassical
Sculpture
The neoclassical period was
one of the great ages of public
sculpture.
Artistic looked to Roman styles
during the time of Alexander
The Great inspiration as well as
to mimic their style.