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Neoclassical Characteristics

Neoclassical Characteristics. Emphasis upon objective reason and forethought Love of classical literature and literary forms Controlled, restrained writing dealing with expected, typical, and familiar topics Objects arranged in a balanced and symmetrical pattern Love of the city and industry.

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Neoclassical Characteristics

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  1. Neoclassical Characteristics • Emphasis upon objective reason and forethought • Love of classical literature and literary forms • Controlled, restrained writing dealing with expected, typical, and familiar topics • Objects arranged in a balanced and symmetrical pattern • Love of the city and industry

  2. The Romantic Movement

  3. Background • Eighteenth Century 1798-1832 (later moved to US called Transcendentalism) • Time of Revolution-particularly the French Revolution proved influential to the artists of the period. • Romanticism reacted negatively to the excesses of industrialism-luddite • Reaction against Neoclassicism with the respect for rules, the individual’s place in society, veneration of Greek and Roman traditions

  4. Romantic Characteristics • Emphasis upon subjective emotion and spontaneity • Love of one’s own national literature and literary forms • Wild, exuberant writing dealing with unexpected, exotic, and foreign topics • Objects contrasted with each other and arranged asymmetrically • Love of the country and nature

  5. Ferdinand IVAngelica Kauffmann

  6. Views of Modern Rome, 18th Centuryby Giovanni Paolo Pannini

  7. Abelard Soliciting the Hand of HeloiseAngelica Kauffmann

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  9. Study of Pope Pius VII Jacques-Louis David

  10. Joseph-Marie Vien

  11. Tennis Court Oath Joseph-Marie Vien

  12. Bust of Napoleon by Antonio Canova

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  14. Landscape with Sunrise over a River

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  16. Tours; SunsetJ.M.W. Turner

  17. Ruins by Cotman • romantic\451px-Cotman,_Ruinsof_Rievaulx_Abbey.jpg

  18. Joseph-Marie Vien

  19. Samuel Palmer

  20. Antoine gros

  21. St.Benet’s Abbey 1831 Cotman • romantic\800px-St_Benet's_Abbey_1831JohnSellCotman.jpg

  22. JM Turner • romantic\800px-turner_j_m_w_-_the_fighting_temeraire_tugged_to_her_last_berth_to_be_brokenturner.jpg

  23. Setting Sun by Friedrich

  24. Samuel Palmer

  25. “A Dream in the Appeni”

  26. Wintworth Street by Dore

  27. Romantic Garden Walk - David Lloyd Glover

  28. French Garden

  29. Themes of Romanticism • Love of nature in all of its aspects • Concern and sympathy for common people • Interest in the world of imagination especially the supernatural • Rebellion against any form of tyrannical control • Interest in past legends, especially the medieval and primitive (hermits) • Involvement with the lonely and melancholic, especially in the contemplation of eventual death and dissolution • A focus on individual feelings not intellect • An interest in childhood

  30. The Legacy of Romanticism: • Gothic, Horror, Fantasy, Sci-Fri • Environmental awareness • Emotions • Appreciation of the common man

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