Neo-classism

Question 1

Neo-classism

Answer 1

A serious, objective art style that was the official French Revolution’s style

Question 2

Characteristics

Answer 2

• The French wanted to do the opposite of Rococo and make all art serious, moralising, and logical
• After France became a republic under Napolean, Neo-classism was adopted as the official style
• Served as Napolean’s propaganda
• Inspo was taken from the Roman classic period(mirrored perection, order, and morality)
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Question 3

Subject matter

Answer 3

Figures were static and calm, taken from Roman classical statues

Question 4

Compostition

Answer 4

Compostition is balanced and ordered. Most of the time followed geometric shapes like triangles and rectangles

Question 4

Shape

Answer 4

• Line and drawing were very important
• Used bold outlines and shapes were very defined, looking almost carved

Question 5

Colour

Answer 5

There was heavy contrast between colours and light and dark

Question 6

Application

Answer 6

Application was very smooth and no brushstrokes were visible

Question 7

Jacques-Louis David

Answer 7

• Greatest influence of Neo-classism
• Was a dictator to art because he was such a huge supporter of the revolution

Question 8

The oath of the Horatii

Jacques-Louis David

Answer 8

• Follows a historical event of anciet Rome
• Message is patriotism is more important than family
• Three brothers swear on their father’s sword that they will fight for their country against three other brothers froma neighboring state
• Their faces lack emotion in the face of danger
• The three women at the back weep and mourn their departure, one of them was engaged to one of the sons
• “Msculine courage vs feminine emotion and weakness
• Heavy contrast of colour
• Background is composed of various geometric shapes, figures make triangular shapes

Question 9

The death of Marat

Jacques-Louis David

Answer 9

• Marat was one of leaders of the revolution, he had a sever skin disease that required him to bath very frequently. He was murdered in his bath
• Marat was heavily idealised as a young man who died for his country
• Backgound is very dark to put emphasis on Marat
• Composition very simple
• Although it depicts a scene about death, it looks tranquil and peaceful, not violent
• His outstrerched hand looks like the one in Michaelangelo’s Christ , implying that Marat dies for his people the same way Christ did
• The turban on his head symbolises a halo, and theres a soft light beaming onto his face

Question 10

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Answer 10

• Was Jaques-Louis David’s successor
• Respected the past and guarded academic tyled art against Romanticism

Question 10

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Answer 10

• Was Jaques-Louis David’s successor
• Respected the past and guarded academic tyled art against Romanticism

Question 11

The Grand Odalisque

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Answer 11

• Depicts a nude Turkish women surrounded by luxurious accessories that were seen as fashionable at the time
• Depicts Jean’s smooth and cold art style
• Romanticists loved his work, but it captured the defines, smooth, precise drawing techniques of Neo-classism

An odalisque was a concubine in a Turkish private living area for women