In this class, we discussed Neoclassicism, the artistic movement that aligned closely with the values of the Enlightenment movement. These values included reason, logic, and morality. These three values greatly influenced the work of neoclassical artists. During this movement, which is a reference to “new” classics, we see a revival of Greek and Roman classical art. We can see this, especially in the use of classical forms. Classical forms convey a feeling of transporting back to a previous time when humanistic values were important, as well as the political ideas of a republic and democracy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the most exemplary neoclassical works is Jacques-Louis David’s The Oath of Horatii<\/em>. The composition of the painting especially follows the movement’s values of reason and logic. There are geometric arrangements throughout the painting, especially in the positioning of the three brothers and their father. I also found it very interesting how much the solid and upright positioning of the men contrasted with the women who were depicted draped over each other in the corner. While the men maintained stoic faces, the women were depicted as emoting. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this class, we discussed Neoclassicism, the artistic movement that aligned closely with the values of the Enlightenment movement. These values included reason, logic, and morality. These three values greatly influenced the work of neoclassical artists. During this movement, which is a reference to “new” classics, we see a revival of Greek and Roman classical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11261,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2452,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions\/2452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/ar112-spring2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}