NEOCLASSICAL AND

ROMANTIC PERIOD
NEOCLASSICISM, 1780-1840
 TheWestern movement in
decorative and visual arts was called
Neoclassicism

 TheNeoclassical movement
coincided with the 18th century Age
of Reason also known as the Age of
Enlightenment.
NEOCLASSICISM, 1780-1840
 Characteristics:

 Portrayal of Roman history

 Formal composition
 The use of diagonals show the peak of
an emotion or moment
 Local color
 Overall lighting
 Classic geo-structure
NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING
NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING
 Jacques-Louis David
 (1748-1825)

 France

 Influential French
painter
 History
NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING
 The Death of Marat
NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING
 Napoleon Crossing the
Alps
NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING
 Oath of the Horatii
NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING

 Jean-Auguste-
Dominique Ingres
 (1780-1867)

 France

 Influenced by Italian
Renaissance painter
 Nudes, portraits and
mythological themes
NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING
 Portrait of Napoleon
on the Imperial
Throne
NEOCLASSICAL PAINTING
 The Apotheosis of
Homer
NEOCLASSICAL
SCULPTURE
NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTURE

 Antonio Canova
 (1757-1822)

 Italy

 Prolific Italian artist

and sculptor
NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTURE
 Psyche Awakened by
Cupid’s Kiss
NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTURE
 Washington
NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTURE

 Bertel Thorvaldsen
(1789-1838)
 Denmark

 First internationally
acclaimed Danish
artist
 Sculpture of
mythological and
religious themes
characters
NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTURE
 Christ
NEOCLASSICAL SCULPTURE
 Lion of Lucerne
NEOCLASSICAL
ARCHITECTURE
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
 Types of Neoclassical Architecture

 TEMPLE STYLE

 Ancient temple
 Churches and modern buildings

 A peristyle a continuous line of columns around a

building
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

Jacques-Germain Soufflot
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

Robert Smirke
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

Pierre-Alexandre Vignon
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
 Types of Neoclassical Architecture

 PALLADIAN STYLE

 Andrea Palladio’s style of villa construction

NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
 Robert Adam
 (1728-1792)

 Britain

 Palladian architect
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

 White House
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

 United States Capitol

NEOCLASSICAL
ARCHITECTURE
 Types of Neoclassical Architecture

 CLASSICAL BLOCK STYLE

 Rectangular or square plan, with a flat roof an

exterior rich
 Huge, classically-decorated rectangular block
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
 Henri Labrouste
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
 Library of Sainte-
Genevieve
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
 Charles Garnier
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
 PALAIS Garnier
“PARIS OPERA
HOUSE”
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

Carrere and Hastings

NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

Charles Follen McKim

ROMANTICISM, 1800S - 1810S
 Romanticism was a movement in which the
artists of Neoclassical period sought to break new
ground in the expression of emotion, both subtle
and stormy.

 Landscape painting also became more popular

due to the peoples' romantic adoration of nature.

 Romanticism was reaction to the classical,

contemplarive nature of Neoclassical pieces.
ROMANTICISM, 1800S - 1810S
 Characteristics:

 Height of action
 Emotional extremes

 Celebrated nature as out of control

 Dramatic composition

 Heightened sensation (life and death moment)

ROMANTIC PAINTING
 Jean louis Theodore Gericault (1791-1824)
 France
ROMANTIC PAINTING
 Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863)
 France
ROMANTIC PAINTING
 Francisco Goya (1746-1828)
 Spain
ROMANTIC PAINTING
(LANDSCAPE)
 Theodore Rousseau
ROMANTIC PAINTING
(LANDSCAPE)
 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot
ROMANTIC SCULPTURE
 Francois Rude (1784-1855)
 France
ROMANTIC SCULPTURE
 Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875)
 France
GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE
(NEOGOTHIC)
 Charles Barry
GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE
(NEOGOTHIC)
 James Renwick
NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM IN THE
PHILIPPINES

 Felix Resurreccion Hidalgo y Padilla (1855-1913)

NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM IN THE
PHILIPPINES

 Juan Luna y Novicio (1857-1899)

NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM IN THE
PHILIPPINES

 Frenando Cueto Amorsolo (1892-1972)

NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM IN THE
PHILIPPINES

 Guillermo Estrella Tolentino (1890-1976)

NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM IN THE
PHILIPPINES

 Napoleon Isabelo Veloso Abueva

NEOCLASSICISM AND ROMANTICISM IN THE
PHILIPPINES

 Some of the Neoclassical and Romantic

Architecture during the Amerucan colonization in
the Philippines.