PCHYE AWAKEND BYCUPID’S KISS

A marble sculpture portraying the relationship of psyche and cupid

WASHINGTON
This is a marble sculpture of Washington currently displayed at north
Carolina museum of history
BERTEL THORVALDSEN (1789-1839)
Denmark Thorvaldsen was the
first internationally acclaimed
Danish artist.He executed
sculptures of mythological
and religious themes characters
FAMOUS ARTWORKS
CHRIST
Amarble sculpture image of resurrected Christ currently located at the
Thorvaldsen museum.
LION OF LUCERNE
A sculpture of a dying lion in Lucerne,Switzerland that
commemorates the swiss guards who where massacred in 1792 during
the French revolution.
NEO-CLASSICAL ARCHITECHTURE
Neoclassical architechtural styles started in the mid-18 centuary. It turned away from the
grandeur of rococo style and the late baroque. In its purest form, neoclassical architechture
was a style principally derived from the architechture of classical Greece and roe and the
architectural designs of the Italian archtitect andrea palladio.
TYPES OFNEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE:
TEMPLE STYLE

Tmeple style building design was based on an ancient temple. These

buildings were uncommon during the renaissance as architects of that
period focused mainly on applying classical elements to churches and
modern buildings like palazzos and villas
PALLADIAN STYLE
Palladian buildins were based on andrea palladio’s style of villa
construction some of the buildings feature a balustrade which is a
railing with vertical supports along the edges of he roof.
ROBERT ADAM (1728-1729)
H was known as the palladian architect of the neoclassical who
designed two well-known American ciic buildings- the white house
and the united states capitol. He also designed many country houses.
CLASSICAL BLOCK STYLE
The building features arectangualar or square plan, with a flat roof
and an exterior rich I classical detail. The exterior features a repeated
classical pattern or series or arches and/or columns.
FAMOUS ARCHITECTS OF THIS ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
WERE
A.HENRI LABROUSTE- His masterpiece is the library of sainte-
geneviev.

B.CHRLES GANIER- He designed the most classical block of all

whisch is the palais garnier
ROMANTICISM, 1800s-1810s
Romanticism was a movement in which the artist of neoclassical
period sought to break new ground in the expression of emotion, both
subtle and stormy. It embraced a number of distinctive themes, such
as a longing for history, supernatural elements, social injustices, and
nature.
ROMANTIC PAINTING
The paintings of the romantic period gave more emphasis on emotion.
Artist expressed as much feeling and passion as it could be on canvas.
PAINTERS OF THE ROMANTIC PERIOD
JEAN LOUIS THEODORE GERICAULT (1791-1824)
Gericault was the first French master and

the leader of the French realistic school.

His masterpieces were energetic,powerful,

brillianty colored, and tightly composed.

FAMOUS ARTWORKS
THE RAFT OF THE MEDUSA
The raft of medusa portays the victims of contemporary shipwreck.
The people on this raft were French emigrants en route to west africa
CHARGING CHASSEUR
His first major revealed the influence of the style of rubens and an
interest in the deoiction of contemporary subject matter.
INSANE WOMAN
One of several portraits gericualt made of the mentally disabled that
has a peculiar hypnotic power.