The Salon, or Paris Salon,
beginning in 1725 was the
official
art exhibition of the
Académie des Beaux-Arts
in Paris, France.
Between 1748–1890 it was
the greatest annual or
biannual art
event in the Western world.
From 1881 onward, it has
been
organized by the Société
des Artistes Français.
Jacques-Louis David. The Tennis Court Oath, 1791,
pen washed with bistre with highlights of white
Jacques-Louis David. The Sabine Women, 1796-99,
oil on canvas
Jacques-Louis
David. Napoleon at
Saint Bernard Pass,
1800, oil on canvas
Jacques-Louis David. Madame Recamier, 1800, oil on canvas
Left: Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres. SelfPortrait, 1804, oil on canvas
Below: Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres. SelfPortrait, 1858, oil on canvas
Jacques-Louis David. The Coronation of Napoleon,
1805-8, oil on canvas
Jacques-Louis David.
Napoleon in his Study, 1812,
oil on canvas
Napoleon Bonaparte/
tirelessly at work/ elaborate
furniture in the Empire
Style/ tucked away hand/
Plutarch’s Lives/ Napoleonic
Code/ expression of
republican virtue
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Grande Odalisque,
1814, oil on canvas
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres/ odalisque/ emphasis on
linear forms without visible brushstrokes/ elongated
vertebrae/ debt to Mannerism and to a new Romantic
movement/ love of sensuous textures
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
Odalisque with a Slave, 1839-40, oil on canvas
Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres.
Bather of Valpincon,
1808, oil on canvas
image of deceptive
simplicity/ subtle
distortions with erotic
allusions/ flawless
surface
Left: Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres.
Louis Bertin, 1832, oil
on canvas
Right: Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres.
Louis Bertin, 1832,
pencil drawing (detail)
Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Ingres. The Comtesse
d’Haussonville, 1845, oil on
canvas
Jean-Auguste-Dominique
Ingres. Napoleon
Enthroned, 1806, oil on
canvas
Oedipus and the
Sphinx,
Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres,
1808
Jean-AugusteDominique Ingres.
Jupiter and Thetis,
1811, oil on canvas
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. The Apotheosis of
Homer, 1827, oil on canvas
a doctrine of ideal form/ “sovereign geniuses”
Antonio Canova. Pauline Borghese as Venus,
1808, marble
Antonio Canova/ Neoclassical taste in sculpture
Pierre Vignon. La Madeleine
(Paris, France), 1807-1842
Pierre Vignon/ a classical shell on a high podium/ a link
between the Napoleonic and Roman empires
Jacques-Germain
Soufflot. The
Pantheon, or SainteGenevieve (Paris),
1755-92