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NEOCLASSICISM

ART IN THE NEOCLASSICAL

PERIOD

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 

Neoclassicism is the Western Movement in decorative and visual

arts. It draws inspiration from the

classical art and culture of ancient Greece and Rome.

Prime elements

1. Sculptures2. Paintings3. Architecture4. Fashion

BRIEF HISTOR

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PAINTING

Characteristics- Sharp color with ChiaroscuroManifests the classical ideals

in art is characterized by strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition.

Chiaroscuro ("light-dark")

“The Death of Socrates”

“The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons”

(1789)

Artists that pioneered

the Neoclassici

st painting:

• 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.

“ Oath of the Horatii ” (1784)

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.

“The Death of General Wolfe”

• 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.

Napoleon I on his

Imperial Throne

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.

"Et in Arcadia ego“(The Arcadian Shepherds)

The Continence of Scipio

Styles of

Painting Introduc

ed

1. Historicism refers to artistic styles that draw their inspiration

from copying historic styles or

artisans.

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, and street scenes.

“The Four Seasons”

ARCHITECTURE

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.

GREEK AND ROMAN MODELS (Columnas, arces, domes)

PUBLIC BUILDINGS (librareis, museums, observatorios)

COMMEMORATIVE BUILDINGS(Columnas, triumphral arces)

• 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.

Project in the Royal City of Chaux

A Villa

France

France

Germany

Characteristic

• 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.

“New Theatre”

The Altes Museum ("Old Museum") in Berlin

Neo= New Classicism= Era of

logics or

Age of reasons.

• 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.

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.

Neoclassical SculptureThe 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.