Neoclassical

Question 1

Answer 1

Anton Raphael Mengs, Johann Joachim Winckelmann, c.1777

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1. German literary scholar, 1755 published a phamplet in which he pointed to Classical sculpture as a way to improve contemporary painting and sculpture along with society as a whole.
2. While Classical sculpture were idealized, Winckelmann believed they were true representations of the ancient Greeks.
3. The Greeks, he said, lived simply, ate healthy, and exercised regularly.

Question 2

Answer 2

Antonia Canova, Venus and Adonis, 1794

Geneva, Villa la Grange (art museum)