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ART

9
 UNIT III
ART OF THE
NEOCLASSICAL
PERIOD
LESSON 6
NEOCLASSICAL
ART
 Neoclassical Period
 Developed during the late 18th up
to early 19th centuries
 Returned to ‘classical’ modes
(Ancient Greek and Roman art)
 “neo” - new, recent, revived
 neo + classical = classical that
has been revived
 Principles of Order and Reason
a. To keep the European Age of Enlightenment (17th and 18th
centuries).
b. A reaction against the ostentation of Baroque art and decorative
Rococo school
c. Stimulated by the rediscovery of Roman ruins at Herculaneum
and Pompeii
d. 1755 – publication of a book entitled “Thoughts on the Imitation
of Greek Work of Art” by Johann Winchelmann (German art
historian and scholar)
Neoclassical
Artists
Neoclassical Artists
1. Jacques-Louis David
1. Jacques-Louis David
Birthday: August 30, 1748
Dead: December 29, 1825

 a French painter
 considered to be the principal proponent
of the Neoclassical style
1. Jacques-Louis David
LIFE STORY
o At age of 9 – his father was killed in a duel.
o His mother left him
o He was raised by his two uncles. François Boucher
o Later on his uncle sent him to Francois Boucher –
leading painter of that time and a family friend.
o Then Boucher sent him to Joseph-Marie Vien – a
painter more in tune with the neoclassical reaction to
Rococo.
o At age of 18 – he enrolled at the Academie Royale
(Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture)

Joseph-Marie Vien
1. Jacques-Louis David
DOWN MOMENT OF HIS LIFE
o Because of failures in competitions and
lack of support he attempted to suicide
(apparently by avoiding food)
1. Jacques-Louis David
RISING AGAIN
o 1774 – He obtained the Prix de Rome
 A government scholarship with paid
commissions and a trip to Italy.
o 1775 – He and Vien went to Rome, Italy
 He studied Italian masterpieces and the
ruins of Ancient Rome.
1. Jacques-Louis David
MARRIAGE
o 1782 – married with Marguerite-Charlotte
Pécoul
1. Jacques-Louis David
ARTWORKS:
o 1782 (Paris)
o “Belisarius asking Alms”
1. Jacques-Louis David
ARTWORKS:
o 1784
o “Andromache Mourning Hector”
 1. Jacques-Louis David
ARTWORKS:
o 1784
o “Oath of Horatii”
o Exhibited in Paris Salon
o Declaration of Neoclassical Artistic movement.
o It put an end to the delicate frivolity of the
Rococo period.
o Symbolize the end of Aristocratic corruption
o Return in France to the patriotic morals or
Republican Rome.
 1. Jacques-Louis David
ARTWORKS:
o 1787
o “Death of Socrates”
 1. Jacques-Louis David
ARTWORKS:
o 1789
o “The Lictors bring to Brutus the
bodies of his sons”
o Brutus – the patriotic Roman
consul who ordered the deaths
of his traitorous son to save the
republic.
 1. Jacques-Louis David
ARTWORKS:
o 1793
o “The Death of Marat”
o Masterpiece
o Marat became a instant political
martyr while the painting
became a symbol of sacrifice in
the name of the republic.
Neoclassical Artists
2. Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Ingres
2. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Birthday: August 29, 1780
Dead: January 14, 1867

 a French painter
 Famous for his society portraits and female
nudes
 He became one of the most revered
Neoclassical painters.
2. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
TRAINING
o Ingres began his training at an early age.
o He moved to France and Rome to have
more formal training.
2. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
ARTWORKS:
o Nude Paintings
o Also known as the most experimental artists of
the 20th century.
o His reason for making nudes
o Constant search for the idealized human form.
o His elongating nude back was described by
critics as “creatures not found in nature”.

La Grande Odalisque
2. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
ARTWORKS:
o Nude Paintings
o “La Source”
o Model body in much more realistic
proportions
2. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
ARTWORKS:
o Nude Paintings
o “The Turkish Bath”
2. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
ARTWORKS:
o Historical Paintings
o “Napoleon I on his Imperial Throne”
o First historical painting done in troubadour
style
Neoclassical Artists
3. Francisco José de Goya y
Lucientes
3. Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes
Birthday: March 30, 1746
Dead: April 16, 1828

 a Spanish painter
 One of the most influential figures in Spanish Art.
 His work embodies his personal imaginative
visions, defying traditional academicism and
conventional subjects.
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF AS A PUPIL OF:
a. Velazquez
 He acquired a feeling for softly shaded
color, applied on layers.
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF AS A PUPIL OF:
b. Rembrandt
 His predilection for dark and mysterious
background setting.
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
HE CONSIDERED HIMSELF AS A PUPIL OF:
c. Nature
 He took an endless variety of forms ,
some beautiful, some not.
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
TWO (2) CHIEF ASPECTS OF ROMANTICISM
1. The exploration of the frontiers of a deeper
life.
2. The integration of historical fact

 Goya combined those two aspects in his

works.
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
ARTWORKS:
o “The Colossus”
o Portrays of giant as bestial and strangely
still.
o Represents the looming catastrophe of war
and the abandonment of humanity to the
destructive force of instinct.
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
ARTWORKS:
o “Saturn Devouring his own son”
o An allegory of Spain destroying her own
people and a reportage of 65 etching.
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
ARTWORKS:
o “The disasters of war”
o series of 82 etchings
o a powerful reminder of the inhumane
consequences of warfare
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
ARTWORKS:
o “Los Caprichos”
o series of 80 aquatint etchings
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
ARTWORKS:
o “The Family of Charles IV”
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
ARTWORKS:
o “The Maja Nude”
o Most famous nude
3. Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
ARTWORKS:
o “House of the Deaf Man”
o Black painting
ACTIVITY #6 IN ART 9
• LESSON 6: NEOCLASSICAL ART
• ANSWER THE FOLLOWING ON PAGES
• 218 -219 (A/B/C)