ART PRODUCTION

OF NEOCLASSIC AND
ROMANTIC PERIOD
P R E PA R E D A N D P R E S E N T E D B Y:
GROUP 1
 INTRODUCTION:
NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM WERE THE
M O V E M E N T S T H AT S P R E A D I N W E S T E R N E U R O P E A N D
T H E U N I T E D S TAT E S D U R I N G T H E R O C O C O E R A ,
L A S T I N G R O U G H LY F R O M T H E L AT E 1 8 T H T O T H E
19TH CENTURIES.
NEOCLASSISM 1780-1840
.
• THE WORD NEOCLASSIC CAME FROM THE GREEK WORD
NEOS MEANS "NEW"
A N D T H E L AT I N W O R D C L A S S I C U S W H I C H M E A N S " F I R S T
CLASS".
 I N D E C O R AT I V E A N D V I S U A L A R T S , T H E W E S T E R N T R E N D
T H AT B E C A M E P O P U L A R F R O M 1 7 8 0 T O 1 8 4 0 WA S C A L L E D
N E O C L A S S I C I S M . I T A L S O R E F E R S T O L I T E R AT U R E ,
T H E AT E R , M U S I C A N D A R C H I T E C T U R E W H I C H W E R E
INSPIRED BY ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME’S CLASSICAL ART
A N D C U LT U R E . T H I S I S A L S O K N O W N A S T H E A G E O F
E N L I G H T E N M E N T. T H E R E V I V E D I N T E R E S T I N G R E E K A N D
ROM AN CLASSICS HAS BROUGHT ON THE ART FORM IN THIS
TIM E PERIOD. NEOCLASSICAL WORKS OF ART SUCH AS
PA I N T I N G S , S C U L P T U R E S A N D A R C H I T E C T U R E T Y P I C A L LY
D E P I C T E D R O M A N H I S T O R Y T H AT E X A LT E D T H E A N C I E N T
HEROES.