Neoclassicism & Antiquity I

Question 1

Answer 1

J.A.D. Ingres: Large Odalisque (1814)

Question 2

Neoclassicism

Answer 2

the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the “classical” art and culture of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome.

Question 3

Answer 3

Jaques-Louis David: Oath of the Horatii (1784-85)

Question 4

Answer 4

Angelica Kauffmann: Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures (1785)

Question 5

Grand Tour

Answer 5

1.A cultural tour of Europe conventionally undertaken, esp. in the 18th century, by a young, upper-class man as a part of his education

Question 6

Answer 6

Antonio Canova: Pauline Borghese as Venus (1808)

Question 7

Answer 7

Anne-Louis Girodet-Troison: Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Belley (1797)

Question 8

History Painting

Answer 8

Defined by subject matter rather than an artistic style, depicting a moment in a narrative story, rather than a static subject such as a portrait.

Question 9

Denis Diderot

Answer 9

French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie.