neoclassical

1. Neoclassical Art
(Second Half of 18th century)

2. Introduction
🠶 Neoclassical Art emerged in the mid-18th century and
spread through Europe until the first decades of the 19th
century
🠶 Reaction against the artificiality of the Baroque and the
Rococo.
🠶 Return to order, balance, serenity, proportion, harmony,
etc. of the ancient classical Greco-Roman style

3. Architecture
🠶 Focused on the rational, sensible, simple, and useful
🠶 Very little decoration (as opposed to the Baroque
and Rococo)
🠶 Elements of classical architecture returned:
🠶 the column as an essential element
🠶classical designs and facades
🠶use of domes.

4. Architecture: France
Pantheon of Illustrious Men (Paris)

5. Architecture: France
Pantheon of Illustrious Men (Paris)

6. Architecture: France
Church of St. Magdalene (Paris)

7. Architecture: France
Church of St. Magdalene (Paris)

8. Architecture: France
Arc de Triompe (Paris)

9. Architecture: France
Resembles the
Arch of Titus
(Rome)
Arc de Triompe (Paris)

10. Architecture: Spain – Sabatini
Puerta deAlcalá (Madrid)

11. Architecture: Spain – Juan de Villanueva
Museo del Prado (Madrid)

12. Sculpture
🠶 Sculpture evolvesfrom complex & dynamic Baroque styles to
calmer and more balanced compositions
Characteristics:
🠶 Modeled after Classical Greek sculpture
🠶 Classical traditions: mythology, portraits, commemorative
arches
🠶 Idealization of reality:search for ideal beauty, serene
expressions, etc
🠶 Use of non-polychromed marble or bronze

13. Sculpture: Cánova (Italy)
🠶 Cánova was the most important sculptor in European neoclassical
sculpture
🠶 Mythological themes, ancient classical style
The Three Graces Apolo coronándose a sí mismo

14. Sculpture: Cánova (Italy)
Amor y psique
(Psique reanimada por
el beso)

15. Sculpture: France
La partida de los voluntarios de 1789
(Marseilles)

16. Sculpture: Spain
El ángel caído (El Retiro)

17. Painting
🠶 The challenge:few original Greek and Roman paintings
existed for painters to use as a model
🠶Little interest in light and color
🠶Coldness, excessive linearity, lack of movement
🠶 Themes: mythological, portrait, historical events

18. Painting: David
Judgement of the Horacios

19. Painting: David
Napolean crossing theAlps

20. Painting: Ingres
The Great Odalisque

21. With a partner…
⚫Do activity 3 on page 24.
⚫Using what you have learned about the Rococo and
Neoclassical styles,comment on the characteristics of 2-3 of
the works shown on page 25. Do youlike the work?
Why/why not?