Humanities ScheduleMonday 18 –Neoclassical Art ppt./videoTuesday 19 – Finish videoWednesday 20 – Sub – Age of Enlightenment

ReadingThursday 21 – Neoclassical Art SamplesFriday 22 – Drama ppt.Monday – 25 – Modest proposal listening/reflectionTuesday – 26 – Review Art and Music (if time)Wednesday – 27 – TestThursday – 28 – Make-up test/Binder CheckFriday – 29 – ? – Spring Break!

Neoclassical Art

Thomas JeffersonPromoted Neo-Palladian style architect (Andrea Palladio – principles of classic Roman architecture)

MonticelloCapitol Building

Monticello

Capitol Building

Neoclassicism in visual artGet away from BaroquePurity of Roman art/idealism of Greek artSharp colorsClean lines (no Sfumato)Chiaroscuro (less though)Use of perspectiveLook of artificial light, almost like the

theatre

Jacques-Louis DavidFrenchInspired by Greeks and

RomansMany works were based on

ancient history/mythologyOfficial artist of the French

revolution/Napoleon’s courtPainted many portraits of

revolutionary leadersCreated costumes to be

worn by citizens of the republic

Later self exiled (Louis XVIII)

Watch the movie and…Make note of the following:

David’s life (events growing up, family, where he grew up, injuries during a sword fight…)

Influences to his art and why he chose classical over Rococo

Political life and the roles he played (art and propaganda)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY2EqAKpKzg

Neoclassical Art SamplesDavid and various others

When looking at the paintings by David…I will tell you a brief description/historical

relevance of each pieceYou need to make notes of how they could be

interpreted as propaganda for the revolution/Napoleon

Also make note of what they look like so you will be able to identify them on the test

The Oath of the Horatii

The Death of Socrates

The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons

Death of Marat

Napoleon at the Saint-Bernard Pass “calm upon a fiery steed"

The Coronation of Napoleon

Other examples of Neoclassical ArtThe following slides are from various

Neoclassical artists. Make sure you write the artist name and title

Jean-Baptiste Greuze

The Village Bride

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

The Soap Bubble

Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun

Self-Portrait

Adélaide Labille-Guiard

Self-Portrait with Two Pupils

Thomas Gainsborough

Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces

Charles Wilson Peale

George Washington

Benjamin West

The Death of General Wolfe

John Singleton Copley

Portrait of Paul Revere

Jean-Antoine Houdon

George Washington

Antonio Canova

Paulene Borghese as Venus

Antonio Canova

Cupid and Psyche

Horatio Greenough

George Washington

Hiram Powers

The Greek Slave

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Grande Odalisque

Anne-Louis Trioson

The Burial of Atala

Antoine-Jean Gros

Napoleon at the Pesthouse at Jaffa