NEOCLASSICISM: ROMAN FEVER (pg. 68-69)
From ________ to _________ (1780-1820), Neoclassic art reflected, according to author
Edgar Allan Poe “ ____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________”
This revival of classicism was a reaction against the ____________________________________.
Faith in ___________________ led to the orderliness and “ennobling” virtues of
____________________________
A trendsetting French painter who imitated Greek and Roman art to inspire the new
French republic was a man named ____________________________________________
Neoclassical art was focused on illustrating tales from _________________________________
____________________________________________ rather than frivolous Rococo party scenes.
Paintings now instead of focusing on pleasure focused on the moral message of
__________________________
Subjects (what did they focus their art on?): ______________________________________________
Technique: ___________________________________________________________________________________
Role of Art: __________________________________________________________________________________
Founder : ________________________
In 1738 excavations at____________________________ and ____________________________________
which offered the first glimpse of well-preserved _______________________________________
What did David’s followers “the Primitifs” do? ___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leaders of art schools and of the French and British Royal Academies were solidly
behind the Neoclassic movement and preached that____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
They emphasized _________________________________________ which appealed to the
intellect, rather than ____________________, which excited the senses.
The hallmark of the Neoclassical style was _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________ as in Roman relief
sculpture.
Backgrounds generally included ___________________________________________________________
and symmetry and straight lines replaced irregular curves.
How did Neoclassicism differ from Poussin’s Classcism a century earlier? ____________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________ also inspired the Neoclassical style architecture.
FRENCH NEOCLASSICISM
DAVID: focused on painting ___________________. (the past)
One of David’s most famous works is called “Oath _________________________________”
which is about ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
How did David demonstrate the difference between old and new?
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
David’s art was propoganda for the republic, intended to “electrify” and “ ___________
____________________________________________________”
His masterpiece is called : ____________________________________________ “Death of Marat”
What was this painting about? _____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
David portrays Marat like a _______________in a pose similar to Christ’s in
Michaelangelo’s “Pieta.”
David ends up going to jail, however instead of losing his head, he became ___________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
David’s paintings changed somewhat, subject matter focused on whatever the
emperor Napoleon wanted, and his colours became brighter. However, he stuck to
the advice he gave his pupils “______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________”
For three decades David’s art was the official model for what French and European
art was __________________________________
Neoclassicism: Roman Fever ****answers!!
From ________ to _________ (1780-1820), Neoclassic art reflected, according to author
Edgar Allan Poe “ ____________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________” (the glory that was Greece
and the grandeur that was Rome.”)
This revival of classicism was a reaction against the ____________________________________.
(ornate Rococo style)
Faith in ___________________ (logic) led to the orderliness and “ennobling” virtues of
____________________________ (Neoclassical art).
A trendsetting French painter who imitated Greek and Roman art to inspire the new
French republic was a man named ____________________________________________ (JacquesLouis David- Dah-veed)
Neoclassical art was focused on illustrating tales from _________________________________
____________________________________________ (ancient history or mythology) rather than
frivolous Rococo party scenes.
Paintings now instead of focusing on pleasure focused on the moral message of
__________________________ (patriotism).
Neoclassicism:
Subjects (what did they focus their art on?): ______________________________________________
(greek and roman history, mythology)
Technique: ___________________________________________________________________________________
(focused on drawing with lines, not coour, no trace of brushstrokes)
Role of Art: __________________________________________________________________________________
(morally uplifting, inspirational art)
Rounder : ________________________ (David)
In 1738 excavations at____________________________ and ____________________________________
(Pompeii and Herculaneum) which offered the first glimpse of well-preserved
__________________________________________ (ancient art).
What did David’s followers “the Primitifs” do? ___________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
(took the idea of living the Greek Way literally. They not only strolled about in short
tunics, they also bathed nude in the Seine, believing themselves to be Greek
athletes)
Leaders of art schools and of the French and British Royal Academies were solidly
behind the Neoclassic movement and preached that____________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
( reason, not emotion, should dictate art. )
They emphasized _________________________________________(drawing and line), which
appealed to the intellect, rather than ____________________, (colour) which excited the
senses.
The hallmark of the Neoclassical style was _______________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________ (severe, precisely
drawn figures, which appeared in the foreground without the illusion of depth) as in
Roman relief sculpture.
Backgrounds generally included ___________________________________________________________
(Roman touches like arches or columns) and symmetry and straight lines replaced
irregular curves.
How did Neoclassicism differ from Poussin’s Classcism a century earlier? ____________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
(neoclassical figures were less waxen and ballet-like, more naturalistic and solid)
_________________________ (ancient Ruins) also inspired the Neoclassical style
architecture.
FRENCH NEOCLASSICISM
DAVID: focused on painting ___________________. (the past)
One of David’s most famous works is called “Oath _________________________________” (of
the Horatii) which is about ______________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
(3 brothers swearing to defeat their enemies or die for Rome, which illustrates the
new mood of self-sacrifice instead of self-indulgence)
How did David demonstrate the difference between old and new?
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
(through contrasting the men’s straight, rigid contours with the curved, soft shapes
of the women.)
David’s art was progpoganda for the republic, intended to “electrify” and “ ___________
____________________________________________________” (plant the seeds of glory and devotion
to the fatherland)
His masterpiece is called : ____________________________________________ “Death of Marat”
What was this painting about? _____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
(Marat was a friend of David’s, he was a radical revolutionary who was stabbed to
death by a counterrevolutionary in his bath)
David portrays Marat like a _______________ (saint) in a pose similar to Christ’s in
Michaelangelo’s “Pieta.”
David ends up going to jail, however instead of losing his head, he became ___________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
(head of Napoleon’s art program)
David’s paintings changed somewhat, subject matter focused on whatever the
emperor Napoleon wanted, and his colours became brighter. However, he stuck to
the advice he gave his pupils “______________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________” (never let your brush strokes show)
For three decades David’s art was the official model for what French and European
art was __________________________________ (supposed to be)