neoclassicism

¨ Neoclassicism was a widespread and influential movement in painting andthe other visual arts .
¨ began in the 1760s, reached its height in the1780s and and lasted until the 1840s.
¨ Neoclassicism is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture.
¨ draw upon Western classical art and culture (usually that of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome).
¨ These movements were dominant during the mid 18th to the end of the 19th century. decorative and visual arts
¨ In the visual arts the European movement called "neoclassicism began after A.D. 1765,
¨ as a reaction against both the surviving Baroque and Rococo styles, and as a desire to return to the perceived "purity" of the arts of Rome.
¨ Contrasting with the Baroque and the Rococo, Neo-classical paintings are devoid of pastel colors and haziness; instead, they have sharp colors with Chiaroscuro.
¨ BUILDINGSFaçade of the Larger Marble Palace built by Luigi Vanvitelli's pupil Antonio Rinaldi.
The Academy, designed by Theophil Freiherr v on Hansen and completed in 1885, in Athens, Gre At the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, William Henry Playfair employs a Greek Doric octastyle portico.
ece Henry Fuseli, The artist moved to despair at the grandeur of antique fragments, 1778–79
¨ NEOCLASSICISM IN 21ST CENTURY
¨ In the United States public buildings continue to built in the neoclassical style as of at least 2006, with the completion of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
¨ In Britain a number of architects are active in the neoclassical style.
¨ Quinlan Terry's Maitland Robinson Library at Downing College and Robert Adam Architects' Sackler Library