1. Eighteenth Century
Enlightenment Ideals
and
Neoclassicism
Lecture 20

2. SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, Lord Heathfield, 1787
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS, Lord Heathfield, Oil on canvas, 4’ 8” x 3’ 9”. National Gallery, London. 2 2

3. BENJAMIN WEST, Death of General Wolfe, 1771. Oil on canvas, approx
BENJAMIN WEST, Death of General Wolfe, Oil on canvas, approx. 4’ 11” x 7’ National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (gift of the Duke of Westminster, 1918). 3 3

4. JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, Portrait of Paul Revere, ca. 1768–1770
JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, Portrait of Paul Revere, ca. 1768–1770. Oil on canvas, 2’ 11 1/8” x 2’ 4”. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 4 4

5. Artist: John Singleton Copley
Title: Watson and the Shark
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 5'10¾" X 7'6½" (1.82 X 2.29 m)
Date: 1778
Source/ Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
John Singleton Copley, Watson & the Shark,1778, Washington NGA, 5’11”x7’7”

6. ANTONIO CANALETTO, Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, ca. 1735-1740
ANTONIO CANALETTO, Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, ca Oil on canvas, 1’ 6 ½” X 2’ 7/8”. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo. 6 6

7. ROBERT ADAM, Etruscan Room, Osterley Park House, Middlesex, England, begun Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 7 7

8. Josiah Wedgwood, Apotheosis of Homer,1786 (adapted fr
Josiah Wedgwood, Apotheosis of Homer,1786 (adapted fr. John Flaxman);, Barlaston, England, 18”
Artist: Josiah Wedgwood
Title: Vase: The Apotheosis of Homer
Medium: White jasper body with a mid-blue dip and white relief
Size: height 18" (45.7 cm)
Date: 1786
Source/ Museum: Made at the Wedgwood Etruria factory, Staffordshire, England. Relief of The Apotheosis of Homeradapted from plaque by John Flaxman, Jr., Trustees of the Wedgwood Museum, Barlaston, Staffordshire, England

9. ANGELICA KAUFFMANN, Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures, or Mother of the Gracchi, ca Oil on canvas, 3’ 4” x 4’ 2”. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond 9 9

10. JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID, Oath of the Horatii, 1784. Oil on canvas, approx
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID, Oath of the Horatii, Oil on canvas, approx. 10’ 10” x 13’ 11”. Louvre, Paris. 10 10

11. JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID, The Death of Marat, 1793. Oil on canvas,
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID, The Death of Marat, Oil on canvas,. 5’ 5” x 4’ 2 1/2”. Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels. 11 11

12. JACQUES-GERMAIN SOUFFLOT, Pantheon (Sainte-Genevieve), Paris, France, 1755-1792.12 12

13. Section and Plan of the Panthéon (Church of Sainte-Geneviève)
Artist: n/a
Title: Section and Plan of the Panthéon (Church of Sainte-Geneviève)
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a
Date: n/a
Source/ Museum: n/a
Section and Plan of the Panthéon (Church of Sainte-Geneviève)

14. RICHARD BOYLE and WILLIAM KENT, Chiswick House, near London, England, begun 1725.14 14

15. Artist: Thomas Jefferson
Title: Monticello
Medium: n/a
Size: n/a
Date: 1769–82, 1796–1809
Source/ Museum: Charlottesville, Virginia
THOMAS JEFFERSON, Monticello, Charlottesville, United States, 1770–1806.

16. THOMAS JEFFERSON, Rotunda and Lawn, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1819-1826.16 16

17. JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON, George Washington, 1788-1792. Marble, 6’ 2” high
JEAN-ANTOINE HOUDON, George Washington, Marble, 6’ 2” high. State Capitol, Richmond. 17 17