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Neoclassicism is a movement in architecture, design and the arts which emerged in France in the 1740s and became dominant in France between about 1760 to 1830. It emerged as a reaction to the frivolity and excessive ornament of the baroque and rococo styles. In architecture it featured sobriety, straight lines, and forms, such as the pediment ...
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Years active. 18th century–mid-20th century. Neoclassical...
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Neoclassicism is a revival of the many styles and spirit of...
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Neoclassicism is a revival of the many styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directly from the classical period, [7] which coincided and reflected the developments in philosophy and other areas of the Age of Enlightenment, and was initially a reaction against the excesses of the preceding Rococo style. [8]
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Years active. 18th century–mid-20th century. Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany. [1] It became one of the most prominent architectural styles in the Western world. [2]
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- Death of General Wolfe. Artist: Benjamin West. This painting shows the death of Major-General James Wolfe on the Plains of Abraham at the Battle of Quebec in 1759 during the Seven Years' War, known in the United States as the French and Indian War.
- Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss. Artist: Antonio Canova. The work draws upon the mythological story of Cupid and Psyche as told in The Golden Ass (c. 180) a Latin novel written by Lucius Apuleius.
- Voltaire. Artist: Jean-Antoine Houdon. This bust depicts the noted French philosopher and writer, François Marie Arouet de Voltaire, whose wit and intellectual prowess dominated the Neoclassical era.
- Oath of the Horatii. Artist: Jacques-Louis David. This image depicts the Horatii, a Roman family, central of which are its three sons, dressed for battle, who extend their right arms in a gesture of allegiance toward their father who holds up three swords.
Neoclassicism is characterized by clarity of form, sober colors, shallow space, strong horizontal and verticals that render that subject matter timeless (instead of temporal as in the dynamic Baroque works ), and classical subject matter (or classicizing contemporary subject matter). Additional resources. Read a chapter that contextualizes the ...
Western theatre - French Neoclassicism: Theatre companies in France in the early 16th century were playing a mixed fare of moralities, miracle plays, farces, and soties. The most important company was an amateur guild called the Confrérie de la Passion, which held a monopoly on acting in Paris. In 1548 it opened its own theatre, the Hôtel de Bourgogne, a long narrow room with the stage ...
Author (s): Anne Dion-Tenenbaum, Sylvain Laveissière, Isabelle Leroy-Jay Lemaistre. What is referred to as “neoclassical” art is as complex as its era, for it developed as Europe was undergoing major changes. Arising from a desire for aesthetic and moral reform upheld by philosophers since the mid-18th century, it drew on the sources of ...
