Neoclassical Art

France, England, and the United States

Neoclassicism PERIOD OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Focused on principle over pleasure---as if society had overdosed on the sweets (and superficiality) of Rococo

Differs from Poussin’s classicism from a century earlier---Neoclassicism’s figures were more naturalistic and solid, less waxen and ballet-like as were Poussin’s

Neoclassicism •VALUES: order, solemnity•TONE: calm, rational•SUBJECTS: Greek & Roman history,

mythology (1738 Pompeii and Herculaneum excavated)

•TECHNIQUE: Stressed drawing with lines, not color; no trace of brushstrokes

•ROLE OF ART: Morally uplifting, inspirational

France

Watteau, L’Indifferent, 1716

David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784

David, Death of Marat, 1793

David, Death of Marat, 1793

David, Death of Marat, 1793

David, Coronation of Napoleon, 1805-1808

David, Coronation of Napoleon, 1805-1808

David, Coronation of Napoleon, 1805-1808

David, Coronation of Napoleon, 1805-1808

David, Coronation of Napoleon, 1805-1808

Canova, Pauline Borghese as Venus, 1809

Canova, Pauline Borghese as Venus, 1809

England

Canova, Pauline Borghese as Venus, 1809

Kauffmann, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, 1785

Boyle & Kent, Chiswick House, 1725, London, England

Boyle & Kent, Chiswick House, 1725, London, England

Wood the Younger, Royal Crescent, 1769-1775, Bath, England

Wood the Younger, Royal Crescent, 1769-1775, Bath, England

Wood the Younger, Royal Crescent, 1769-1775, Bath, England

Wood the Younger, Royal Crescent, 1769-1775, Bath, England

Wood the Younger, Royal Crescent, 1769-1775, Bath, England

The United States

Jefferson, Monticello, 1770-1806, Charlottesville, Virginia

Jefferson, Monticello, 1770-1806, Charlottesville, Virginia

Jefferson, Monticello, 1770-1806, Charlottesville, Virginia

Copley, Paul Revere, 1768-1770

West, The Death of General Wolfe, 1771

West, The Death of General Wolfe, 1771