Gallery 3: Neoclassicism

General Characteristics of 18th – 19th Century Neoclassicism:

  • renewed interest in classical antiquity and in classical themes and subject matter
  • work embodied values such as austerity, morality, heroism, and self-sacrifice
  • emphasis on clarity and order; reason and logic valued over emotion and intuition

 

Angelica Kauffmann (1741 – 1807)

Angelica Kauffmann. Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures ca. 1785 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Oil on canvas
Angelica Kauffmann. Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures
ca. 1785. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Oil on canvas

 

Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825)

Jacques-Louis David. Oath of the Horatii 1784 Louvre Museum, Paris, France Oil on canvas
Jacques-Louis David. Oath of the Horatii, 1784. Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Oil on canvas

 

Jacques-Louis David. The Death of Marat, 1793. Musees Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique Brussels, Belgium Oil on canvas
Jacques-Louis David. The Death of Marat, 1793. Musees Royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium. Oil on canvas

 

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Large Odalisque 1814 Louvre Museum Paris, France Oil on canvas
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Large Odalisque, 1814
Louvre Museum, Paris, France.  Oil on canvas

 

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