-
-Include a concentration on Greek and Roman mythology and history for subjects, a priortization of the heroic male nude.
-Neoclassicism spanned all of the arts including painting, sculpture, the decorative arts, theatre, literature, music, and architecture.
-Neoclassicism is defined stylistically by its use of straight lines, minimal use of color, simplicity of form and, of course, an adherence to classical values and techniques. -
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
-
Jacques-Louis David
-
-Values feeling and intuition over reason
-Shuns the artificiality of civilization and seeks unspolied nature
-Prefers youthful innocence to educated sophistication -
Francisco de Goya
-
William Blake
-
-Characters are more important than action and plot.
-Social classes are important.
-Characters display real human qualities. -
Gustave Courbet
-
Adolph von Menzel
-
-Exaggerated, vibrant color
-Moderately thick paint application
-Use of contrasting colors to create volume and structure -
Henri Matisse
-
Georges Braque
-
Pablo Picasso
-
-Objects are shown from multiple perspectives at once.
-Everything is portrayed with geometrics shapes.
-A new way of seeing that reflected the moderns age. -
-Elemets of surprise
-Distortions of reality
-Interest in the subconcious -
Salvador Dalí
-
Pablo Picasso
-
-Pieces could be completely abstract but highly thought out.
-Dripping, smearing, slathering paint on canvas
-Titles could be very simple, often containing a simple word with a number -
Jackson Pollock
-
-Brings back the subject
-Questions art as a commodity and as a unique art form
-Everyday subject matter -
Mark Rothko
-
René Magritte
-
-Repetition of form
-Uniformity
-Absence of metaphor
-Employment of industrial materials -
Roy Lichtenstein
-
Andy Warhol
-
Frank Stella
-
Donald judd
You are not authorized to access this page.
