Arts of the Neo-classic and Romantic Period Flashcards
one of the great ages of public sculpture.
Neoclassical period
a prolific Italian artist and sculptor who became famous for his marble sculptures that delicately rendered nude flesh.
Antonio Canova
He opened the idea for portraying discrete sexual pleasures by using pure contours with his mythological compositions.
Antonio Canova
A marble sculpture portraying the relationship of Psyche and Cupid.
Psyche Awakened by Cupid’s Kiss, Antonio Canova
This is a marble sculpture of Washington currently displayed at North Carolina Museum of History
Washington, Antonio Canova
the first internationally acclaimed Danish Artist. He executed sculptures of mythological and religious themes characters.
Bertel Thorvaldsen
A marble sculpture image of the resurrected Christ currently located at the Thorvaldsen Museum.
Christ, Bertel Thorvaldsen
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, Bertel Thorvaldsen
Romantic sculpture can be divided into?
Human world and Natural World
best known for his social art which inspires and captured the interest of a broad public.
Francois Rude
He rejected the classical repose of the late 18th century and early 19th centuries French sculpture in favor of a dynamic, emotional style and created many monuments that stirred the public for generations.
Francois Rude
This work portrays the Goddess liberty urging the forces of the French Revolution onward.
La Marseillaise/Departure of The Volunteers, Francois Rude
also known as “Jeanne d’Arc”.
Jeanne of Arc, Francois Rude
The most famous animal sculptor of all time. He studied the anatomy of his subjects by sketching residents of the Paris Zoo.
Antoine –Louis Barye
Hercules sitting on a Bull
Antoine –Louis Barye
