Arts of the Neoclassic and Romantic Periods

Neoclassicism  In contrast, Socrates and Plato are shown wearing bluish-

white robes depicting serenity
 Used very simple line drawing (thought to be the purest
classical medium)

 Gain new sense of direction in painting Belisarius Painting

Rococo
 The Rococo movement was an artistic period that emerged
in France and spread throughout the world in the late 17th
and early 18th century. The word is a derivative of the
French term rocaille, which means “rock and shell
garden ornamentation”.

 heightened feeling that harmonized with the moral climate

of the final years of the ancient regime

Jacques-louis David (1748-1825)

 Leading figure of the artistic school called Neoclassicism

 Type of history paintings from “rococo” frivolity toward a

classical austerity and severity

 He completed a number of privately commissioned portraits

 His “public style” of painting is shown in his history

paintings

 His “private style” is shown in his portraits

The Oath of the Horatii

 Combines myth and legend
from the ancient world

 He used an evaluation of
lines, colors and subject matter

Death of Socrates
 He uses color to highlight
emotion

 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 poison