Inspiration from Neoclassicism

Inspiration from Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism is the name given to quite distinct movements in the visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture. These movements were in effect at various times between the 18th and the 20th centuries. In the visual arts the European movement called "neoclassicism" began after ca 1765, as a reaction against both the surviving Baroque and Rococo styles, and as a desire to return to the perceived "purity" of the arts of Rome, the more vague perception of Ancient Greek arts.

Neoclassicism first gained influence in England and France, through a generation of French art students trained in Rome and influenced by the writings of Johann Joachim Winckelmann, and it was quickly adopted by progressive circles in Sweden.

 Neoclassicism continued to be a major force in academic art through the 19th century and beyond a constant antithesis to Romanticism or Gothic revivals, although from the late 19th century on it had often been considered anti-modern, or even reactionary, in influential critical circles. By the mid 19th century, several European cities notably St Petersburg and Munich were transformed into veritable museums of Neoclassical architecture.


When Napoleon rose into power in France in the 1790's, he influenced the direction of neoclassicism. Napoleon instructed French artists to shift neoclassical subject from ancient Roman to modern history. Napoleon commissioned many neoclassical artists to paint him as a national hero.






Bibliography:

Art Education - Art Movement - Neoclassicism . 2013. Art Education - Art Movement - Neoclassicism . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.arteducation.com.au/art-movements/neoclassicism.php. [Accessed 05 March 2013].

Romanticism inspirations

Romanticism inspirations

As the many socio-political revolutions of the late eighteenth century established new social orders and new ways of life and thought, so composers of the period broke musical ground by adding a new emotional depth to the prevailing classical forms.

The earliest Romantic composers were all born within a few years of each other in the early years of the nineteenth century. During the nineteenth century, composers from non-Germanic countries began looking for ways to express the musical soul of their homelands. For inspiration, many Romantic composers turned to the visual arts, poetry, drama, literature, and to nature itself.  Using the classical forms of sonata and symphony as a starting point, composers began focusing more on new melodic styles, richer harmonies, and ever more dissonance, in the pursuit of moving their audiences, rather than concerning themselves with the structural discipline of Classical forms. 

 Later composers of the nineteenth century would further build on the forms and ideas developed by the Romantic composers.

Some dresses were inspired from the Romanticism, they were really huge and detailed.

Bibliography:

History Of Fashion - Romantic. 2013. History Of Fashion - Romantic. [ONLINE] Available at: http://fashionhistory.zeesonlinespace.net/romantic.html. [Accessed 05 March 2013].

Industrial Revolution

Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was in the late eighteenth and twentieth century. People moved from the country side to the cities, looking for work. Some changes occured in agriculture, textile, metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and social structure in England.

This clip above shows some points about the Industrial Revolution. The Industrial Revolution occupied a big position in the English way of life of this period.

The designer Vivienne Westwood unveiled a new clothing line for men over the weekend in Milan inspired by the industrial revolution that took root in her native England in the second half of the 18th century.

This is an example of the fashion that was inspired from the Industrial Revolution.

Another example is some wedding dresses that were inspired from the Industrial Revolution. The original inspiration for this “Industrial Revolution” shoot came after a trip Callie (from Hartford Prints!) took to L.A. this past summer. She was walking around some pretty gritty areas and envisioned a wedding that would be for lovers of urban, untouched, and overlooked spaces.

Bibliography:

81.02.06: The Industrial Revolution. 2013. 81.02.06: The Industrial Revolution. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1981/2/81.02.06.x.html. [Accessed 05 March 2013].

Industrial Revolution Wedding Inspiration from Carla Ten Eyck | Style Me Pretty. 2013. Industrial Revolution Wedding Inspiration from Carla Ten Eyck | Style Me Pretty. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.stylemepretty.com/2013/01/15/industrial-revolution-wedding-inspiration-from-carla-ten-eyck/. [Accessed 05 March 2013].



Realism

Realism

The French Realism emerged in times of social hardship and political difficulty in France when early in 184 the Third Revolution took place in Paris. The origins of Realism lie in the discussions of a group ofartists writers and intellectuals in a Parisian bar in the late 1840's.

Realism was based on direct observation from the real world. During the same period, Jean-François Millet executed scenes of rural life that monumentalize peasants at work, such as the, "Sheep Shearing Beneath a Tree".

This image above is an example of realism art. It is called,"Sheep Shearing Beneath a Tree".
This composition is similar to that of a painting in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, which Millet exhibited at the Salon of 1853.

Realism emerged in the 19th Century in Europe. In the mid nineteenth century Corbet's art caused much controversary at the state because it went against standard academic practice. Till then genre scenes were expected to be small, pleasant, escapist works to be enjoyed by people living in towns.

Instead, they adopted the dimensions normally associated with historical or religious themes and depicted tough modern working conditions. Their nudes departed from idealised forms.

Another realist painter, "Edouard Manet", shows a different style in panting that would give way to Impressionism.





Bibliography:
"Lectures notes"

Nineteenth-Century French Realism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. Nineteenth-Century French Realism | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rlsm/hd_rlsm.htm. [Accessed 05 March 2013].

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Jean-François Millet: Sheep Shearing Beneath a Tree (40.12.3) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2013. Jean-François Millet: Sheep Shearing Beneath a Tree (40.12.3) | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/40.12.3. [Accessed 05 March 2013].

Realism and Art History . 2013. Realism and Art History . [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.arthistory.net/artstyles/realism/realism1.html. [Accessed 05 March 2013].

Neoclassicism

Neoclassicism



It was an influential movement in painting. It lasted until the 1840's-50's. Some earliest Neoclassical painters were  Joseph-Marie Vien, Anton Raphael Mengs, Pompeo

Batoni, Angelica Kauffmann, and Gavin Hamilton.

This image is an example of Neoclassicism. It is called," The Oath of the Horatii",which was painted by, Jacques-Louis David. The distance between the figures accentuates this contrast. This painting immediately became a huge success. It was made nearly 5 years before the Revolution and the painting reflects the feelings of the period.

Neoclassicism was against the Rococo style that had dominated the European art from the 1720's on. Neoclassicism was manifested in painting and wasn't different as the style from Rococo.



Bibliography:
NEOCLASSICISM. 2013. NEOCLASSICISM. [ONLINE] Available at: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/jhreid/neoclassicism.htm. [Accessed 05 March 2013].