Neoclassical Art Painting

1. Neoclassical Art Painting • Based on classical Greek and Roman art and culture • Show heroic people in scenes from or inspired by ancient history • Figures look idealized and perfect • Bodies are draped in togas, or in formal, elegant clothing, or are nude • Faces are often calm, without emotion • Brush strokes tend to be smooth, barely visible

2. Neoclassical ArtLiterature • Stresses the world’s harmony and order • Presets a logical and balanced view of human nature based on reason

3. Neoclassical ArtMusic (classical) • Mood is moderate; does not describe any extreme emotion • Melody (tune) is repeated and does not reach extreme high or low pitches (sounds)

4. Romantic ArtPainting • Shows scenes of family, nature, heroism, religious, and emotional subjects • Nature can be calm or stormy; there is an emphasis on the expanse of sky; people in the landscape are usually small in scale • Faces show inner thoughts and emotion, such as fear, anger, love, hope • Colors are natural, muted and soft and show a lot of natural light

5. Romantic ArtLiterature • Stresses human emotions over the rational mind • Shows wild imagination and strong emotions; common themes are heroes, childhood, the past, and passionate love

6. Romantic ArtMusic • Mood is emotional; a wide variety of rhythms and instruments express great sadness, joy, or passion • Melody is dramatic; volume may change suddenly; may use very high to very low pitches

7. Realist ArtPainting • Based on details of daily life • Scenes of common people at work are often shown • Figures are dressed in daily, casual, or work clothes • The human body in not idealized • Faces do not show strong emotions • Artists attempt to pain light as it really looks on and around figures and objects

8. Realist ArtLiterature • Describes the hardships of everyday life and criticizes the greed and bad manners of the middle class

9. Realist ArtMusic (verismo) • In opera, a play with its text set to music, mood changes with scene to imitate real-life situation of everyday characters • Melody imitates human speech and voice and conveys realistic emotions

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14. Liberty Leading the People Dela Croix Slide E

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19. Troy fled, she heard, before the Grecian sword; She heard, and trembled for her absent lord. Distracted with surprise, she seem'd to fly, Fear on her cheek and sorrow in her eye. The nurse attended with her infant boy, The young Astyanax, the hope of Troy."

20. Etienne simply nodded. He found himself before the shaft, in the center of a huge hall swept by drafts. Of course he thought of himself as brave, yet an unpleasant emotion caused his throat to contract among the thundering of the carts, the clanking of the signals, the muffled bellowing of the megaphone, facing the continuously flying cables, unrolling and rolling up again at top speed on the spools of the machine. The cages rose and fell, slithering like some nocturnal animal, continually swallowing men that the hole seemed to drink down. It was his turn now. I

21. I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed--and gazed--but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.