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neoclassic came from the greek word ___ meaning ___ and the Latin word _____ similar in meaning to the english phrase ___

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  • neos
  • new
  • classicus
  • first class
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Western movement in decorative and visual arts was called ___

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Neoclassicism

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It also applies to ___, ___, ___, and ____ that were influenced by the classical art and culture of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

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literature, theater, music and architecture

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The _____ _____ coincided with the 18th century ___ __ ____ also known as the Age of Enlightenment

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Neoclassical movement, Age of Reason

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The art style in this period was brought about by renewed interest in greek and roman classics. ______ such as ____, ____, and ____ generally portrayed Roman history which elevated the roman heroes

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Neoclassical Art
such as paintings, sculpture, and architecture

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Characteristics of Neoclassical

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  • portrayal of roman history
  • formal composition
  • the use of diagonals to show the peak of an emotion or moment (versus a regular moment)
  • local color
  • overall lighting
  • classic geo-structure
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period in which greek and roman principles and styles were reflected in society

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Classicism

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  • renewed interest in classical ideals and forms that influenced european and american society through ideas, politics and fine arts during the 18th and 19th century.
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Neoclassicism

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  • refers to art forms created after but inspired by the ancient times.
  • derived from the classicism movement.
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Neoclassicism

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  • embraced the ideals of order and moderation in
    which artistic interpretations of classic Greek and Roman history were
    restored to realistic portrayals.
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NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING

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Neoclassical painters gave great importance to the ___, ____ and details of _________ matter without adding distracting details but with as much historical accuracy as possible.

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costumes, settings and details of classical subject-matter

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NEO-CLASSICAL ARTISTS

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  • JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID (1748-1825) France
  • JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE
    INGRES (1780-1867) France
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an influential French painter in the Neoclassical style, and considered to be the pre-eminent painter of the era. His
subjects of paintings were more on history.

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JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
(1748-1825) France

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Famous Artworks: JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID

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  • THE DEATH OF MARAT
  • NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS
  • OATH OF THE HORATII
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David’s masterpiece shows the
portrayal of a revolutionary martyr. This is a painting of the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat.

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THE DEATH OF MARAT

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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.

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NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS

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Roman legend about the
dispute between Rome 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.

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OATH OF THE HORATII

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  • was a pupil of Jacques-
    Louis David. He was influenced by Italian Renaissance painters
    like Raphael, Nicolas Pousin,
    Botticelli, and his mentor, Jacques-Louis David.
  • great exemplars of academic art and one of the finest Old Masters of his era.
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JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE
INGRES
(1780-1867) France

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His paintings were usually
nudes, portraits and mythological

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JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE
INGRES

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Famous Artworks: JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE
INGRES

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  • PORTRAIT OF NAPOLÉON ON THE IMPERIAL THRONE
  • THE APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER
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The painting depicts Napoleon in his decadent coronation costume, seated upon his golden-encrusted throne, hand resting upon smooth ivory balls.
the painting was owned by the Corps Legislatif which was a part of the French Legislature. The painting was believed to be
commissioned by Napoleon as King of Italy.

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PORTRAIT OF NAPOLÉON ON THE IMPERIAL THRONE

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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.

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THE APOTHEOSIS OF HOMER

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one of the great ages of public sculpture. Artists looked to Roman styles during the time of Alexander the Great for inspiration as well as to mimic their style.

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NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTURES

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NEO-CLASSICAL SCULPTORS

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  • ANTONIO CANOVA
    (1757-1822) Italy
  • BERTEL THORVALDSEN
    (1789-1838) Denmark
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- was a prolific Italian artist and sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh. - opened the idea for portraying discrete sexual pleasures by using pure contours with his mythological
ANTONIO CANOVA (1757-1822) Italy
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Famous artworks: ANTONIO CANOVA
- PSYCHE AWAKENED BY CUPID’S KISS - WASHINGTON
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A marble sculpture portraying the relationship of Psyche and Cupid.
PSYCHE AWAKENED BY CUPID’S KISS
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This is a marble sculpture of Washington currently displayed at North Carolina Museum of History.
WASHINGTON
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- the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist. He executed sculptures of mythological and religious themes characters.
BERTEL THORVALDSEN (1789-1838) Denmark
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Famous Artworks: BERTEL THORVALDSEN (1789-1838) Denmark
- CHRIST - LION OF LUCERNE
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A marble sculpture image of resurrected Christ currently located at the Thorvaldsen Museum.
CHRIST (B. Thorvaldsen)
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A sculpture of a dying lion in Lucerne, Switzerland that commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution.
LION OF LUCERNE
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styles started in the mid-18th century. It turned away from the grandeur of Rococo style and the Late Baroque. In its purest form, Neoclassical architecture was a style principally derived from the architecture of Classical Greece and Rome and the architectural designs of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio.
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
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Types of Neoclassical Architecture:
- TEMPLE STYLE - PALLADIAN STYLE - CLASSICAL BLOCK STYLE
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design was based on an ancient temple. These buildings were uncommon during the Renaissance as architects of that period focused mainly on applying classical elements to churches and modern buildings like palazzos and villas.
TEMPLE STYLE
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a continuous line of columns around a building, a rare feature of Renaissance architecture
peristyle
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Many temple style buildings feature a _____, a rare feature of Renaissance architecture
peristyle
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based on Andrea Palladio’s style of villa construction. Some of the buildings feature a balustrade which is a railing with vertical supports along the edge of the 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.
PALLADIAN STYLE
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a railing with vertical supports along the edge of the roof.
balustrade
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There are vertical supports within a balustrade known as
“balusters” or spindles”
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It is also a classical method of crowning a building that has a flat or low lying roof.
balustrade
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features a rectangular or square plan, with a flat roof and an exterior rich in classical detail. The exterior features a repeated classical pattern or series of arches and/or columns. The overall impression of such a building was a huge, classically-decorated rectangular block.
CLASSICAL BLOCK STYLE
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Classical block aesthetic was also known as _________, since it was developed principally by the French École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts).
“Beaux-Arts style”,
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Most famous Temple Style buildings of the Neoclassical age:
- PANTHEON, Paris, Jacques-Germain Soufflot - BRITISH MUSEUM, London, Robert Smirke - LA MADELEINE DE PARIS, Pierre-Alexandre Vignon
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One of the famous architects in the era of neoclassical structure:
ROBERT ADAM (1728-1792) Britain
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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 (1728-1792) Britain
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Works of Robert Adam:
- WHITE HOUSE - UNITED STATES CAPITOL
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Famous Architects of this architectural style were: Classical Block style (neoclassical)
- HENRI LABROUSTE - CHARLES GARNIER
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His masterpiece is the Library of Sainte- GeneviĂšve.
HENRI LABROUSTE
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– He designed the most famous classical block of all which is the Palais Garnier (a Neobaroque opera house).
CHARLES GARNIER
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Architecture of Classical Block Style:
- LIBRARY OF SAINTE-GENEVIÈVE (H. Labrouste) - PALAIS GARNIER “PARIS OPERA HOUSE” (C. Garnier) - NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BY: CARRERE & HASTINGS ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, 1895 - BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY BY: CHARLES FOLLEN MCKIM, 1895
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a movement in which the artists of Neoclassical period sought to break new ground in the expression of emotion, both subtle and stormy. It embraced a number of distinctive themes, such as a longing for history, supernatural elements, social injustices, and nature.
ROMANTICISM, 1800s-1810s
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___________ also became more popular due to the peoples’ romantic adoration of nature.
landscape painting
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Romanticism was a reaction to the classical, ________________ of Neoclassical pieces.
contemplative nature
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Characteristics of Romantic Arts
- shows the height of action - emotional extremes - celebrated nature as out of control - dramatic compositions - heightened sensation (life and death moments)
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The paintings of the Romantic period gave more emphasis on emotion. Artists expressed as much feeling and passion as it could be on a canvas.
ROMANTIC PAINTING (Portraits/Figures)
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The paintings of the Romantic period gave more ______________. Artists expressed as much feeling and passion as it could be on a canvas.
emphasis on emotion.
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PAINTERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
- JEAN LOUIS THÉODORE GÉRICAULT (1791-1824) France - EUGÈNE DELACROIX (1798-1863) France - FRANCISCO GOYA (1746-1828) Spain
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the first French master and the leader of the French realistic school. His masterpieces were energetic, powerful, brilliantly colored, and tightly composed
JEAN LOUIS THÉODORE GÉRICAULT (1791-1824) France
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Famous Artworks: JEAN LOUIS THÉODORE GÉRICAULT (1791-1824) France
- THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA - CHARGING CHASSEUR - INSANE WOMAN
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portrays the victims of a contemporary shipwreck.
THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA (T. GĂ©ricault)
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His first major work revealed the influence of the style of Rubens and an interest in the depiction of contemporary subject matter.
CHARGING CHASSEUR (T. GĂ©ricault)
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One of several portraits Gericault made of the mentally disabled that has a peculiar hypnotic power.
INSANE WOMAN (T. GĂ©ricault)
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- considered the greatest French Romantic painter of all. He achieved brilliant visual effects using small, adjacent strokes of contrasting color. - the most influential to most of Romantic painters and eventually, his technique was adopted and extended by the Impressionist artists.
EUGÈNE DELACROIX (1798-1863) France
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Famous Artwork: EUGÈNE DELACROIX (1798-1863) France
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE
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This painting commemorates the July Revolution of 1830, which toppled King Charles X of France. A woman holding the flag of the French Revolution personifies Liberty and leads the people forward over the bodies of the fallen,.
LIBERTY LEADING THE PEOPLE (E. Delacroix)
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was a commissioned Romantic painter by the King of Spain. He was also a printmaker regarded both as the last of the “Old Masters” and the first of the “Moderns”.
FRANCISCO GOYA (1746-1828) Spain
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Famous Artworks: FRANCISCO GOYA (1746-1828) Spain
- THE THIRD OF MAY - SATURN DEVOURING HIS SON - THE BURIAL OF SARDINE
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masterpiece that sought to commemorate Spanish resistance to Napoleon's armies during the occupation of 1808 in the Peninsular War.
THE THIRD OF MAY (F. Goya)
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This artwork depicts the Greek myth of the Titan Cronus (Saturn), who fears that he would be overthrown by one of his children, so he ate each one upon their birth.
SATURN DEVOURING HIS SON (F. Goya)
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The "Burial of the Sardine" was a Spanish ceremony celebrated on Ash Wednesday and was a symbolical burial of the past to allow society to be reborn, transformed with new vigor.
THE BURIAL OF SARDINE (F. Goya)

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