1. Madame Zahn French Art History
Neoclassicism
Madame Zahn
French Art History

2. Neoclassicism

4. Elements of neoclassicism
late 18th-early19th century (coincided with Age of Enlightenment)
reaction against Rococo
a return to the more austere and noble Baroque of the age of Louis XIV
influenced by classic Roman and Greek art as well as Antiquity

5. The death of socrates (david)

6. madame recamier (david)

7. The coronation of napoleon (david)

8. Mars being disarmed by venus and the three graces (david)

9. Napoleon I on his imperial throne (Ingres)

10. Grande odalisque (Ingres)

11. Presentation requirements
3-4 minutes in length
Notecards or PowerPoint
Name, date, and artist, where located
Story (what event/person does it depict?)
Description (what does it look like—color, line, texture, etc.)
Characteristics (what makes the painting Neoclassicist)
List of sources used