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Later 18 C. Art: Neoclassicism Painting, Arch. And Sculpt. Son of a minor artist, prodigy—at 11, goes to art school Devoted pupil of David Rivalry with Delacroix Neoclassic! But inspired more by Raphael than Romans Died extremely wealthy. INGRES (pronounced “AHN-gruh”).
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Son of a minor artist, prodigy—at 11, goes to art school Devoted pupil of David Rivalry with Delacroix Neoclassic! But inspired more by Raphael than Romans Died extremely wealthy INGRES (pronounced “AHN-gruh”)
Ingres, Le Grande Odalisque” 1814 oil on canvas, Louvre “she has three vertebrae too many!” ODALISQUE=Turkish word for a harem girl that is reclining
Commissioned by Napoleon’s sister, Caroline (Queen of Naples) The pose is IMPOSSIBLE to replicate! LA GRANDE ODALISQUE
Ingres The Bather of Valpincon 1808* Distortion on purpose for balance, harmony, etc. “Oriental”, Turkish
Ingres Louise de Broglie, Contesse d'Haussonville. 1845*. Oil on canvas. The Frick Collection, New York -she published her own writings -multiple sketches beforehand
BOYLE and KENT, Chiswick House, near London, England, begun 1725*.(pronounced Chis-ick)
Kent is Burlington’s assistant (sometimes he’s ignored) They heart Palladio! Palladio’s style is now all the rage because of the Grand Tour, so everyone LOVES Burlington The rooms radiate from the octagonal rotunda in measured proportions like the Villa Rotunda Has the 1st English Garden (natural)—opposite of Versailles BURLINGTON AND KENT
JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON, George Washington, 1788-1792*. Marble, 6’ 2” high. State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia.Houdon stresses realism, so he stays with Washington 13 of ‘em!
Great Neoclassical sculptor of public figures: famous for his portrait busts and statues of philosophers, inventors and political figures of the Enlightenment. His influence last into the 20th C. Busts of: Benjamin Franklin , Rousseau , Voltaire, Molière George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , Louis XVI, Robert Fulton, and Napoléon Bonaparte (1806). HOUDON Bust of George Washington, 1786
Leading Neoclassical sculptor (Italian) specialized in two types of sculptures 1. grand public European monuments 2. erotic mythological pieces Favorite of Napoleon—He used Napoleon’s sister as a model for a sculpture CANOVA
Canova Cupid and Psyche, 1787-93, marble, 6’1” x 6’ 8” A combo of Rococo eroticism and Neoclassical aesthetics of touch
Canova Pauline Borghese as Venus 1808* --commissioned by her husband -probably did not pose nude for this
America—rejected Baroque and Rococo TJ leads them with Greece and Rome as the models Was an amateur architect (the profession today didn’t exist. Well-read, wealthy men who dabbled in arch.) THOMAS JEFFERSON
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello, Charlottesville, United States, 1770–1806*.
Palladian from the outside but inside it’s all TJ: inventions to close shutters, disappearing beds, etc. FIND OUT MORE VIA THE WEBSITE!!! MONTICELLO
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Rotunda and Lawn, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1819-1826*.