Neoclassicism and Sculpture

Question 1

Answer 1

John Vanderlyn, Death of Jane McCrae, 1804

• One of the few Americans to avoid going to England to study with West.
• Instead, he chooses France.
• Had minimal training with Gilbert Stuart before leaving for Paris.
• Traditions of the Grand Manner are important to his Art.
• Tight, Neoclassical style demonstrates a knowledge of JL David

Question 2

Answer 2

John Vanderlyn, Marius amidst the Ruins of Carthedge, 1807

Question 3

Answer 3

John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos, 1814

Question 4

Answer 4

AJ Davis, Panorama Rotunda for John Vanderlyn, 1818

The gardens of Versailles

The Palace of Versailles

Question 5

Answer 5

Panorama of the Palace and Gardens of Versailles, 1819

Question 6

Answer 6

Rembrandt Peale, The Court of Death,

Question 7

Answer 7

Patience Lovell Wright, Admiral Richard Howe, ca. 1770, wax

Question 8

Answer 8

Patience Lovell Wright (attr), Benjamin Franklin, ca. 1775, wax

Question 9

Answer 9

William Rush, Self Portrait, ca. 1822

Question 10

Answer 10

William Rush, Eagle, 1809-11, gessoed and gilt wood (probably Eastern Pine, painted cast iron), 36 x 68 x 61 in.

Question 11

Answer 11

William Rush, Dr. Philip Syng Physick, ca. 1812, plaster, 25 x 15 x 11 inches

Question 12

Answer 12

William Rush, Dr. Benjamin Rush, ca. 1812, plaster, 25 x 15 x 11 inches

Question 13

Answer 13

William Rush, Nymph and Bittern, 1854, bronze, after a wooden original of 1812

Question 14

Answer 14

William Rush, Andrew Jackson, 1819, painted terra cotta, 19 7/8 inches.

Question 15

Answer 15

William Rush, The Schuylkill Freed, 1828, pine, 3’6” x 7”

Question 16

Answer 16

Jean Antoine Houdon, George Washington, 1785-89

Question 17

Answer 17

John Trumbull, Giuseppe Ceracci, 1792

Question 18

Answer 18

Giuseppe Ceracchi, George Washington, 1794-5, Marble, 28 7/8 x 22 x 13 in.

Question 19

Answer 19

Minerva as Patroness of American Liberty, ca. 1791-1792, Terra cotta, Library Company of Philadelphia. Gift of Continental Congress, ca. 1800

Question 20

Answer 20

Horatio Greenough, Medora, 1832

Question 21

Answer 21

Horatio Greenough, Bust of George Washington, 1832

Question 22

Answer 22

1832-40

Question 23

Answer 23

Greenough, Abdiel, 1838-43

Question 24

Answer 24

Horatio Greenough, The Rescue, East side of the U.S. Capitol, 1837-51

Question 25

Answer 25

Arno, 1839

Question 26

Answer 26

Venus Victrix, 1837-41 Love Prisoner to Wisdom, 1836

Question 27

Answer 27

Hiram Powers, Horatio Greenough

Question 28

Answer 28

Powers, The Greek Slave, 1851

Question 29

Answer 29

Hiram Powers, California, 1850-55, carved 1858

Question 30

Answer 30

Hiram Powers, Abbott Lawrence, 1865

Question 31

Answer 31

Thomas Crawford, Orpheus and Cerberus, 1843

Question 32

Answer 32

Thomas Crawford, The Progress of Civilization, 1851-63. Senate Pediment, United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Question 33

Answer 33

Henry Kirke Brown, George Washington, 1853-55. Bronze. Union Square, NYC. Similar to :Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius, 164-66. Bronze. Rome: Piazza del Campidoglio.

Question 34

Answer 34

Erastus Dow Palmer, Indian Girl or the Dawn of Christianity, 1853-56.

Question 35

Answer 35

Erastus Dow Palmer, The White Captive, 1857

Question 36

Answer 36

Harriet Hosmer, Puck, 1856.