NEOCLASSICAL PERIOD
Characteristics- formal composition
- overall lighting
- classic geo-structure
- local color
- portrayal of Roman history
ARTISTS
1) Jacques-Louis David
artworks: Napoleon crossing the Alps, The Death of Marat, Oath of the Horatii
2) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
artworks: The Apotheosis of Homer, Portrait of Napoleon on the Imperial Throne
SCULPTORS
1) Bertel Thorvaldsen
artworks: Christ, Lion of Lucerne
2) Antonio Canova
artworks: Washington, Psyche Awakened by Cupid's Kiss
ARCHITECTURE
Types: Palladian Style, Temple Style, Classical Block Style
Famous Temple Style buildings: Pantheon in Paris by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, British museum in London by Robert Smirke
Famous Palladian Style buildings: White House and The United States Capitol by Robert Adam
Famous Classical Block Style buildings: Library of Sainte- Genevieve by Henri Labrouste, Palais Garnier (Paris Opera House) by Charles Garnier
--Mizu