Neoclassicm
The neoclassicism movement occurred between the middle of the 1700s through the 1800s.
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Famous Contemporary Artists – The Most Famous Artists of TodayFamous artists today are paving new creative avenues with their unique styles that make them stand apart from their peers.
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Famous Neoclassical Paintings – Looking at the Best Neoclassical Style ArtThe Neoclassicism movement emerged in Rome and was largely influenced by Johann Joachim Winckelmann’s published works at the time of the excavations of the Ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii.
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Neo-classicism and the French Revolution: Oxford Art OnlineThe French Revolution (1789–1799) was flanked by two artistic styles, Rococo and Neo-classicism. Rococo is a decorative style of the early to mid-18th century derived from the French word rocaille meaning shell. Rococo primarily influenced the ornamental arts in Europe, especially in France, southern Germany and Austria, and is marked by asymmetry, naturalism, pastel colors, light-heartedness and delicate shell-like and watery forms.
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Neoclassicism: The Metropolitan Museum of ArtThe second half of the eighteenth century in Europe saw the increasing influence of classical antiquity on artistic style and the development of taste.
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Neoclassical Art – A Return to Symmetry in the Neoclassical PeriodThe Neoclassical period, Neoclassicism or Neo-Classicism, was a revival of Greek and Roman art and architecture in Europe. It occurred around the middle of the 1700s (18th Century) and continued during the 1800s (19th Century).
Research & Reference
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Neoclassicism: Credo ReferenceA Credo Reference landing page on neoclassicism. This page includes links to reference works, journal articles, and a mind map.
Streaming Media
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Revolutions - Neoclassicism and RomanticismThe early 19th century saw the emergence of two compelling and highly contrasting styles. Referencing the art of Napoleonic painter Jacques-Louis David, discover the tenets of Neoclassicism, specifically its ordered composition and emphasis on stoicism, morality, and rational control. In works by Eugène Delacroix, find the spirit of Romanticism and its concern with dramatic proportions, emotion, and spirituality.
Perspectives
19th-Century Art
A history of the development of art from 1776 to 1900 includes discussions of the careers of distinguished artists such as David, Manet, Renoir, and Rodin.
19th Century European Painting
This new revised edition of an established survey of 19th century European painting from David through Cézanne includes new chapters with fifteen new illustrations on four notable women artists-- Angelika Kauffmann, Elizabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Berthe Morisot, and Mary Cassatt. This edition also contains further text revisions and updates to the bibliographies. The focus of19th Century European Painting remains on the important artists and movements of the period with chapters on each artist's life and work, characteristics of style, and the relationship of the artistic movements to historical and intellectual currents of the time.Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism, Academics and Salon Painters, and Impressionism are covered and the following artists receive substantial monographic treatment: David and his followers, Goya, Ingres, Géricault, Delacroix, Corot, Courbet, Millet and theBarbizon painters, Manet, Monet, Degas, Renoir, Sisley, Pissarro, and Cézanne. There are 435 illustrations, suggested readings and references, and an index..