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Essay On Neoclassicism

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European art has been prevalent in their culture since the Middle Ages. Throughout the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era, the concepts of art shifted greatly from what they had been before hand. Before the Revolution, artists focused on creating Greek and Roman like paintings and sculptures, also while expressing humanism and individualism. This art was called classicism and used throughout the middle ages up until the eighteenth century revolution in France. During the French Revolution, art took a shift towards neoclassicism. Neoclassical art is defined to be art that is a revival of the classic past of the Greeks and Romans. After the revolution and the Napoleonic era, art in Europe shifted to a more romantic view. Romantic art …show more content…

A major piece of artwork that expressed neoclassical art in the time period was the Oath of Horatii by Jacques (Jean) Louis David. David painted this in 1784 and it immediately became a huge success. This painting depicts a scene from an ancient Roman legend of fighting cities. The painting shows three brothers from and Roman Family as they agree to sacrifice their life for Rome and take the swords from their father. In the corner of the painting, David also shows a woman crying. This woman is shown to be the sister of the three men going to war, and she is fearful she will lose them. The painting emphasized the sacrificing of oneself for one 's country, and he used Roman classical principles to do so. The Oath of the Horatii expressed the need for people to stay loyal to their country during the French Revolution, and it became one of the defining images of the revolution. A second painting that expressed neoclassical art during the French Revolution was the Death of Marat, again by Jacques (Jean) Louis David. The Death of Marat depicts a scene in 1793 France, where the revolutionary leader Marat was murdered. The painting shows the dead body of Marat in a bathtub, with a journal lying in his hand. David used light to create drama and and intense feel, along with using the piece to express neoclassicism. Through both of these art pieces, neoclassicism is shown greatly, and David’s artwork influenced European art later

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