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/jacques-louis-david.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jacques-louis-david http://www.neoclassic.com/jacques-louis-david.html#comments Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:09:35 +0000 Neo http://www.neoclassic.com/?p=435 When the name “Napoleon Bonaparte” is mentioned, the visual that immediately pops into minds is one of the former Emperor sitting on a horse, braving the stormy weather, and gesturing his hands forward to symbolize the inevitability and greatness of his conquests. This iconic image was intended by design to become indelibly linked with [...]]]> http://www.neoclassic.com/jacques-louis-david.html/feed 0