Neoclassicis

m Period

Angelica M. Diamonon BSMT M22

Neoclassicism Period

It was a movement in the

western art that c oincided
with the Age of En lightenmen t
in the 18th century
 It was the period of
revival of the styles and
spirit of classical antiquity
especially in the field of
architecture
Moreover, the artworks in
this period were inspired
mainly by
● excavated fi gur ine s and
s c ulpt ur es in Roma n and Gre ek
c o lo ny a rc ha eological s ites
● the revi val of the Roman and
G r ee k t raditions
 CHARACTERISTIC
S OF THE
ARTWORKS
E le ganc e
a nd simplic ity
Preci se Sober colors
det ai l s Strong horizontal and
vertical lines
Dyna m is m Clarity in
Shallow forms
 S O M E FA M O U S
ARTISTS

JEAN AUGUS TE R OB ERT ADAM JACQUES- GER MAIN ANTONIO CANOVA

DOMI NIQUE IN GR ES 1728-1792 S OUFFLOT 1713-1780 1757-1822
1780-1867
French Painter Scottish Architect French Architect Italian Sculptor
an Auguste Dominique Ingres

The
Envoys of
Agamemn
on
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Oedipus
and the Sphinx
Robert Adam

Kedleston
Hall
 Robert Adam

Roya l
H igh Scool
Jacques-Germain
Soufflot
The
Pantheon
Jacques-Germain
Soufflot
Pa l a is Du
Louvre
Antonio Canova
Psyche
revived by
Cupid's Kiss
 Antonio Canova
Theseus and
the Minotaur
 Ant onio C anov a
The Three Graces
 Francois Boucher
M a dame
de
P o mpadour
 Thank you!

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