Brief Definition of Neoclassical

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Brief Definition of Neo-classical

• Whole class example of neo-classical art
• Time period
• Location
• Answers to some questions will become more clear
  as you travel the stations, dont be afraid to go
  back and correct your answers

Look at Oath of Horatii
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Teaching Station

• Characteristics of Neo-classical art?

Formal Composition Historical Subject
Matter Contemporary Costumes and
Settings Rigidity Solidity Monumentality
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Prove it Station

• Instructions Look at the four paintings in front
  of you. Decide which painting(s) are
  neo-classical and support your answer in writing.
• Which characteristics of the painting let you
  know that it is neo-classical?
• If the paintings are not Neo-classical they are
  romanticcan you try to define the style of
  romantic painting?

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Question Station

• What questions do you have about Neo-Classical
  Art?
• If you dont have any questions think of a good
  question to test the class
• Each of you must leave this station with a
  question

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Reflection Station

• Knowing what you know about the French Revolution
  and this time period in European history
• Which painting is Neo-classical, which is
  Romantic?
• How do the paintings you have seen reflect what
  is happening in society?
• Try to give specific examples from the paintings

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Reading Station

• Read the article about Neo-classical art
• Write a brief description of what Neo-classical
  art is
• What key words would you use to describe it?

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Characteristics of Romantic Art

• Denis Diderot criticized Salons and their
  favoritism to Baroque and Rococo art
• Historicism
• Grand Manner
• Sublime (awe inspiring)
• Picturesque (beautiful, familiar, reassuring)
• Connoisseurship
• Landscape painting
• Composition
• Capriccio (mixture of pleasing motifs)

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Oath of Horatii
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Death of Socrates
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Death of Marat
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