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...

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.

A Song without Words
John William Godward
1919
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Neoclassicism

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

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

Lesbia with her Sparrow
John William Godward
1916
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The Ascension
John Singleton Copley
Date: 1775
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: religious painting
Media: oil, canvas
Dimensions: 81.28 x 73.66 cm

A Cool Retreat
John William Godward
1910
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•The Drinker•
by Erich Plontke (1910)
#art #art history #historyofart #museum #painting s #painting #müze #sergi #sanat #sanat tarihi #resim #resim sanatı #tablo #art lovers #neoclassicism #realism #impressionism #classicart #painter #painting oftheday #romanticism #expressionism

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

St. Louis, for example, turned acres of its parks into lagoons and waterways, navigated by visitors on Venetian gondolas and electric boats. Nearly 1,500 buildings went up in achingly beautiful neoclassicism.

I'm a bit sold to Neoclassicism these days. Created this today.

- Oracle in Contemplation at Delphi (Delphi as a site of prophecy in ancient Greece)

The Virgin of the Host
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Date: 1866
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: religious painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, France
Dimensions: 78 x 67 cm

The Charity
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Original Title: La Charite
Date: 1859
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: allegorical painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA), Ann Arbor, MI, US
Dimensions: 90 x 116.5 cm

'At London Member Specialist Club, discussions blend natural rights with Newtonian physics, inspired by the elegance of neoclassicism & grounded in the principles of empiricism. All connected by the Terra Classic United Kingdom. #LMSC
#LUNC #Fights #supersonic
#Space #London #UK

Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in the Cathedral of Reims
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Date: 1854
Style: Neoclassicism
Genre: history painting
Media: oil, canvas
Location: Louvre, Paris, France
Dimensions: 240 x 178 cm

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

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

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