2. • Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-
Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name
given to quite distinct movements in
the decorative and visual arts,
literature, theatre, music, and architecture.
These movements were in effect at various
times between the 18th and 21st centuries.
3.
4. The movement was inspired by the
discovery of ancient Italian artifacts at
the ruins of and
.
7. Chiaroscuro ("light-dark") in art is
characterized by strong contrasts
between light and dark, usually
bold contrasts affecting a whole
composition.
11. • Jacques-Louis David
(30 August 1748 – 29
December 1825) was
a highly influential
French painter in the
Neoclassical style,
considered to be the
preeminent painter
of the era.
13. Benjamin West, RA
(October 10, 1738
– March 11, 1820)
was an Anglo-
American painter
of historical scenes
around and after
the time of the
American War of
Independence.
15. • Jean Auguste Dominique
Ingres (29 August 1780 –
14 January 1867) was a
French Neoclassical
painter. Although he
considered himself to be
a painter of history in the
tradition of Nicolas
Poussin and Jacques-Louis
David, by the end of his
life it was Ingres's
portraits, both painted
and drawn, that were
recognized as his greatest
legacy.
18. Nicolas Poussin (15
June 1594 – 19
November 1665)
was a French painter
in the classical style.
His work
predominantly
features clarity, logic,
and order, and favors
line over color.
22. 1. Historicism refers to artistic
styles that draw their inspiration
from copying historic styles or
artisans.
23. 2. Genre works, also called genre scenes or
genre views, are pictorial
representations in any of various media
that represent scenes or events from
everyday life, such as markets, domestic
settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes,
and street scenes.
28. • Étienne-Louis Boullée (February 12, 1728
– February 4, 1799) was a visionary
French neoclassical architect whose work
greatly influenced contemporary
architects and is still influential today.
30. • Claude-Nicolas Ledoux (March 21, 1736
– November 18, 1806) was one of the
earliest exponents of French Neoclassical
architecture. He used his knowledge of
architectural theory to design not only in
domestic architecture but town planning;
as a consequence of his visionary plan for
the Ideal City of Chaux, he became
known as a utopian
35. • it tends to emphasize its planar qualities,
rather than sculptural volumes
• projections and recessions and their effects of
light and shade are flatter
• sculptural bas-reliefs are flatter and tend to be
enframed in friezes, tablets or panels