Arts

• Neoclassicism drawings used very simple line drawing (thought to be the purest classical medium). In painting, neoclassicism gained a new sense of direction
• He was considered the leading figure of the artistic school called neoclassicism.


  Jacques-Louis David
• His type of history paintings marked a change away from rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity and severity, a heightened feeling that harmonized with the moral climate of the final years of the ancient regime

  Jacques-Louis David
• His painting of “The Oath of the Horatii” combines myth and legend from the ancient world in combination with visual style to make an argument for the Republic before the French Revolution
• In “Death of Socrates”, he uses color to highlight emotion. He used shades of red muted on the edges and becoming vibrant at the center and culminating in the dark red robe of the man holding the cup of the poison. In contrast, Socrates and Plato are shown wearing bluish-white robes depicting serenity.
• In addition to his history paintings, David completed a number of privately commissioned portraits. David’s “public style” of painting is shown in his portraits.
• The Oath of the Horatii

  1784-1785
• The Death of Socrates

  1787
• Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) Born: August 30,1748, Paris France Died: December 29, 1825, Brussels Belgium
• He was an icon of cultural conservatism in 19th century France.

  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
• He was known for his obsessive quest for ideal beauty which resulted in his famous anatomical distortions because of his habit of elongating backs.

  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
• He painted sensuous Romantic female nudes while at the same time turning out very linear and static historical and mythological paintings in the Neo-classical style.

  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
• He preferred to depict moments of revelation or intimate decision manifested by meeting or confrontation, but never by violence.

  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
• He was respected portraitist and by the end of his life it was his portraits both painted and drawn, that were recognized as his greatest legacy.

  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
• Ingres believed that more attention should be made to the drawing of lines rather than color. Though he was insistent on this belief, it was his choice of colors that brought his subjects to life
• His painting the “Apostheosis of Homer” is symbolic of his belief in a hierarchy of timeless value base on classical precedents. The symmetry of the figures and architecture suggests a similarity to Raphael’s wall frescoes, such as “The School of Athens”.
• Started at 1813


  Raphael and La Fornarina
• Produced between 1813-1867

  Raphael and La Fornarina
• Has 5 versions

  Raphael and La Fornarina
• Apostheosis of Homer

  1827
• Oedipus and Sphinx

  Started, 1808 - Finished, 1827
• Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) Born: August 29, 1780, France Died: January 14, 1867
• Goya was often referred to as both the last of the old masters and the first of the moderns.
• He is a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.

  Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
• He is considered as the most important Spanish artist of late 18th and early 19th centuries as well as commentator and chronicler of his era


  Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
• Etching and aquatint were the predominant types of engraving used by Goya when he created a series of works inspired by his personality and imagination.
• The world of subconscious blossomed in the mysterious, impactful images of his Black Paintings painted in Quinta del Sordo in Madrid.
• Characteristics of his paintings/etchings 1. Bold technique 2. Haunting satire 3. Artist’s vision is more important than tradition
• Black Paintings is the name given to a group of fourteen paintings produced between 1818-1823. They portray intense, haunting themes. He used oil paints and painted directly on the walls of his dining and sitting rooms.
• The Snowstorm (winter)

  1786
• The Disaster of War

  1810
• Le Petit Prisoner is also known as

  “The Litter Prisoner”
• Le Petit Prisoner

  1810
• Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) Born: March 30, 1746 Died: April 16, 1828
• Delacroix’s painting style of using expressive brushstrokes and optical effects of colors profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists.
• He emphasized color and movement rather than clarity of outline and molded form.

  Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
• He developed a freer romantic style shown by the emotional intensity conveyed by powerful, contorted forms and smoldering, vibrant tones.

  Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix
• Massacre at Chios

  1824
• Liberty Leading People

  1830
• Death of Sardanapalus

  1827-1844