Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism:  neoclassicism began in Rome and began in the late eighteenth century to the nineteenth century. This art is inspired by the classical Greek Roman art and most of all, the antique. In this art the preferred subjects were portraits, landscapes and all of those painting which are related and show political and social matters in the way of life.  The capital city Rome became the centre in which all of the artists met. Just like the French revolution, neoclassicism made a new era.

Jacques- Louis David:

He was born on the 30^th of august in 1748 in France Paris and he died on the 29^th of December 1825. He was considered to be an outstanding painter than the others and the painter of the new era. He was a dictator of the French and then he was imprisoned after the government was changed because Robespierre fell from his power. Until he was out of prison he developed his style and had a lot of artists behind him who helped him.

 A portrait of Jacques- Louis David.

Oath of the Horatii

In this painting you can see that he was involved in the political events of the time. His art can only be understand if you only understand the French revolution and Napoleonic age which means when Napoleon was the emperor of the French. The combination of this art and the politics created a new art which was completely different and changed at. This painting is based on the world of Rome.

Bibliography:  the story of art :konemann (1995). the story of painting from the renaissance to the present . german: detlev schaper. 6-128.

Jacques-Louis David - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Jacques-Louis David - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Louis_David. [Accessed 03 March 2013]

Napoleon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 2013. Napoleon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. [ONLINE] Available at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon. [Accessed 03 March 2013].