THE NEO-

CLASSICAL
ARTS
 BRIEF HISTORY
 Many artists during the mid-17th
C, like the Freshmen, profited
much from the nobles and royals.
 Many artists cater to the caprices

and vanities of many rich people

during those times as they were
commissioned to promote the
royal lifestyle by means of the
visual arts.
NEO-CLASSICAL ART
NATURAL REALISM
-to portray the
magnificence of the
national character of
the people and their
leaders
Artists were inspired by
the Graeco-Roman
history and myths which
deal with human
characters around this
theme.
Artists looked back to the

old glory of Greece and

FAMOUS ARTISTS
DURING THE
NEO-CLASSICAL
PERIOD
 JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
 1748-1825: FRENCH
 David preferred to work more with

the militant intellectuals who were

to overthrow the French
monarchial system.
 His solid proper training in art and

literature made him the prime

propagandist of the
He portrayed the grandeur
of characters of the Ancient
Greek and Romans in
defining and protecting the
affairs of their particular
state.
His weakness of not being a

good speaker made him

more expressive in painting.
 His subjects seem to bulge out
from his canvas.
 His subjects are his ideal heroes

whom he wanted to be emulated

by his countrymen.
 The lines and forms of his genre

are juxtaposition of vertical,

horizontal and diagonal lines
convey the THEATRICAL ELEMENT.
THE OATH OF THE HORATII
 The patriotic 3 sons on the left
firmly saluted in the gesture of
a gladiator who is ready to die.
 The gesture of old philosopher

Socrates strongly pointed

upward appeared very firmed
to his belief even in the face of
death.
 The use of CHIAROSCURO is
subtly washed to emphasize
the mood of courage,
patriotism and brotherhood.
 The space is put in almost as

balance as to colors and

shapes.
 His central figure is always a

man, who dominates the whole

scene.
JEAN AUGUSTE DOMINIQUE INGRES
 1780-1867
 French
 Ingres was not involved in the
Revolution, but he admired the post-
revolution governance of the Emperor
Napoleon and the imposing
personality of the leader himself.
 He was granted scholarship with art

studies in Rome and thereafter

appointed as President of Ecole des
Beaux Art.
 Being religious since childhood, he
wanted to combined religion,
history and Greek mythology as
motif of almost all his
masterpieces.
 He is a master of using neutral

earth colors to depict the antiquity

and nostalgic mood of the remote
past.
 He is very vigorous when it comes

to portraying the elite women of

 He appreciated educated, cultured
and imposing women who are
subjects of his works.
 Mood, character and idea of his

paintings are well combined with

excellent colors and direction of lines.
 He was criticized as too conservative

in his approach of his style of painting

the antiquities.
 The majestic pose of Emperor

Napoleon I seems to be the standard

of his design scheme.
 FRANCISCO JOSE DE
GOYA Y LUCIENTES
Studied under the virtuoso of
art teacher Luzan in Saragoza
during his childhood.
Goya furthered his art studies

in Rome where he honed his

loose-brush-stroke style
copying from Renaissance
masters.
 He work as portraitist of the
nobles and was appointed as
official painter of the Royal court
of King Charles IV.
 He became deaf due to unknown

malady, though his sickness had

made him learned to polish
paintings more.
 His disposition turned to darker

than usual ang he appeared to be

pessimistic.
 He dared to paint paranormal
phenomena of ghosts and witches.
 His ability to use colors to reveal the

characters of his subjects and to

handle the gradation of their values is
unsusual.
 “The Third of My”-expressed his

emotions of disgust in humanity by

painting an image of a bloodbath
perpetrated by French soldiers on his
beloved countrymen.