Theseus and the Centaur
Antonio Canova
Date: 1819
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: sculpture

This is my video reading aloud Goethe's Simple Imitation of Nature, Manner, Style (1789), a short essay where he explains how an artist must find his own style (crucially written in the time & spirit of Neoclassicism).

1. Start by imitating nature.

Jeune Mère Contemplant Son Enfant (Young Mother Gazing at Her Child).
William-Adolphe Bouguereau, 1871 AD.
#art #neoclassicism #william #adolphe #bouguereau

thinking Hitler was an actually good painter is a pretty solid heuristic for how fascist your aesthetics are. There’s nothing interesting going on here except if you just get hard-ons from the very idea of neoclassicism

Perhaps neoclassicism isn't the only answer for America.

Art Deco was great because it was rooted in ancient architectural principles, but with modern flair...

Neoclassicism

Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well
Angelica Kauffman
Date: 1796
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: religious painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Dimensions: 123.5 x 158.5 cm

The Annunciation Cathedral and Faceted palace
Fyodor Alekseyev
Date: c.1805; Russian Federation
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: veduta

A Song without Words
John William Godward
1919
neoclassicism

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'The Big Sister' by William-Adolphe Bouguereau; Date: 1877; Style: Neoclassicism, Realism. 🧑‍🎨🎨

A Cool Retreat
John William Godward
1910
neoclassicism

Saint Mary of Egypt
Angelica Kauffman
Date: 1807; Italy
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: religious painting
Media: canvas, oil
Dimensions: 77 x 64.8 cm

Today marks the birth of Maurice Ravel, the celebrated French composer and pianist known for his innovative blend of impressionism and neoclassicism.

Happy birthday to Ravel!

#composer #ClassicalMusic #ravel

Lesbia with her Sparrow
John William Godward
1916
neoclassicism

Death of Leonardo da Vinci
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Date: 1818
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: history painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Petit Palais, Paris, France
Dimensions: 40 x 50.5 cm

America recognized the greatness of ancient cultures and didn’t shy away from comparing itself to them. Unlike neoclassicism, Art Deco merged antiquity with forward-looking optimism: angular, streamlined forms reaching for the future.

Title: Diana and Apollo piercing with their arrows the children of Niobe

Date: 1772

Painter: Jacques-Louis David, French (1748 - 1825)

Genre: Neoclassicism

Roger Delivering Angelica
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Date: 1819
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: literary painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Louvre, Paris, France
Dimensions: 147 x 190 cm

Jesus Returning the Keys to St. Peter
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Date: 1820
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: religious painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Musée Ingres, Montauban, France

The muse
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Original Title: Philomèle
Date: 1861
Style: Academicism, Neoclassicism
Genre: mythological painting
Media: canvas, oil