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Neo-Classical England, 1660 - 1800.

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1 Neo-Classical England,

2 Characteristics attitudes toward art and human existence
ideals of order, logic, restraint, accuracy, "correctness”, and decorum a return to the ideas of the Greeks and Romans

3 However, Unlike the Renaissance…
Neoclassical theorists saw man as an imperfect being, inherently sinful, whose potential was limited. Emphasis was on order and reason, restraint, common sense, and religious, political, economic and philosophical conservatism. They believed man was the most appropriate subject of art, and saw art itself as useful and intellectual not emotional.

4 Jacques-Louis David French Painter 1748 – 1825 Self portrait

5 The Death of Socrates

6 The Death Of Marat, 1793

7 Bonaparte crossing the alps

8 Architecture Greek Roman

9 Thomas Jefferson Monticello

10 University of Virginia

11 U.s. Capitol Building


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