http://www.neoclassic.com Neo Classical Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:19:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.neoclassic.com/neoclassicism%e2%80%99s-attempts-to-recapture-roman-and-greek-civilizations.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=neoclassicism%25e2%2580%2599s-attempts-to-recapture-roman-and-greek-civilizations http://www.neoclassic.com/neoclassicism%e2%80%99s-attempts-to-recapture-roman-and-greek-civilizations.html#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:35:16 +0000 Neo http://www.neoclassic.com/?p=442 “The most important aspects of classical art,” observed German historian and archaeologist Johann J. Winckelmann, “is its noble simplicity and calm grandeur.” As an archaeologist, Winckelmann became inspired by the ancient artifacts being recovered at the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum. In the late 1700s, the popular stylization in European art was baroque and [...]]]> http://www.neoclassic.com/neoclassicism%e2%80%99s-attempts-to-recapture-roman-and-greek-civilizations.html/feed 0 http://www.neoclassic.com/the-development-of-neoclassical-painting-style-in-europe-and-usa.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-development-of-neoclassical-painting-style-in-europe-and-usa http://www.neoclassic.com/the-development-of-neoclassical-painting-style-in-europe-and-usa.html#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:20:18 +0000 Neo http://www.neoclassic.com/?p=439 “The only way for us to become great”, observed Johann Joachim Winckelmann “lies in the imitation of the Greeks”. With this idea, the German-born art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann encapsulated the movement of neoclassicism. Seeking to recapture the essence of classical Greek and Roman art, neoclassicism became the widespread movement in visual art in [...]]]> http://www.neoclassic.com/the-development-of-neoclassical-painting-style-in-europe-and-usa.html/feed 0 http://www.neoclassic.com/the-story-of-the-ambiguous-anton-raphael-mengs.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-story-of-the-ambiguous-anton-raphael-mengs http://www.neoclassic.com/the-story-of-the-ambiguous-anton-raphael-mengs.html#comments Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:31:18 +0000 Neo http://www.neoclassic.com/?p=426 The movement of neoclassicism in art is often mistakenly characterized by its secularism. French painters that became the leaders of the neoclassical movement such as Jacques Louis-David and Joseph Marie Vien dedicated their paintings to support the political and social changes of their time. Namely, the French Revolution which sought to reject in one [...]]]> http://www.neoclassic.com/the-story-of-the-ambiguous-anton-raphael-mengs.html/feed 1 http://www.neoclassic.com/the-enigmatic-legacy-of-pompeo-batoni.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-enigmatic-legacy-of-pompeo-batoni http://www.neoclassic.com/the-enigmatic-legacy-of-pompeo-batoni.html#comments Sun, 19 Jul 2009 20:26:46 +0000 Neo http://www.neoclassic.com/?p=422 Though he was trained to become a goldsmith, Pompeo Batoni’s heart and talent lay elsewhere. And despite his immense talents in painting, Batoni contributions to neoclassical painting are often overlooked and forgotten. His role of bringing back to life classical antiquity in mainstream art is often ignored. That is the result of several factors, [...]]]> http://www.neoclassic.com/the-enigmatic-legacy-of-pompeo-batoni.html/feed 2