In today’s class we discussed the Neoclassicism movement which is a combination of ancient classical greek and roman art. Neoclassicism art began in the mid 18th century and looks a lot different from Rococo art. It involves a lot of primary colors, lines and very detailed paint techniques. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We looked at many artworks from this time starting with Nathaniel Holland’s painting of the Second Duke of Northumberland with his Tutor. This portrait was made to represent the grand tour (also known as the grand tourists) where students would travel to Rome with their tutors and gather replicas and pieces to bring back to decorate their homes. This idea is similar to what we call study abroad. When I studied abroad I did a somewhat similar thing and collected stickers and postcards from each country I visited, which is not the same as sculptures but is still the same concept. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We also looked into the architecture. Starting with the Chiswick house designed by Lord Burlington, we focused closely to the similarities the house has to the Villa Rotunda built in 1566 and with the Pantheon built in 126 in Rome. All three of these structures have the same unique dome circle and very similar column structures. Bringing this similar structure back to the United States, the University of Virginia’s library called the Rotunda was designed by Thomas Jefferson and has very similar model structures to the Pantheon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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