Neoclassical Period
This concept emphasized the dignity and depiction of the human person.
What is Humanism?
This famous American painter was one of West’s students.
Who is John Copley Watson?
The painting depicts this type of noble or heroic scene often associated with Neoclassical art.
What is a battle scene?
Artists of this school often portrayed nature as inspiring both of these two emotions.
What are fear and awe?
Construction of the White House began in this year.
What is 1792?
A key feature of Neoclassical paintings referred to how edges were handled.
What are hidden brushstrokes?
Although American-born, West took a tour of this European country and decided to stay for life.
What is Italy?
This element of West’s composition was considered groundbreaking for the time because it broke from historical costume conventions.
What is showing modern figures in modern dress?
Though he taught Frederick Edwin Church, Cole never did this in regard to the Hudson River School.
What is organize the group?
The White House was completed in this year.
What is 1800 AD?
Neoclassical art was inspired by a return to these two earlier artistic traditions.
What are Classical and Renaissance ideals?
Despite lacking formal instruction, how did West become one of the leading Neoclassical artists?
He was self taught.
The Death of General Wolfe belongs to which subperiod of Neoclassicism?
What is the American Subperiod?
The Hudson River Valley School was notable as the first of this type of American artistic community.
What is an artistic fraternity?
The architectural inspiration for the White House connects it stylistically to this broader artistic movement.
What is Neoclassicism?
1750 - 1825
What is the name of the painting he made in 1770?
What is the Death of General Wolf?
The Death of General Wolfe was completed in this year.
What is 1770 AD?
This artistic movement was part of the Romantic Period.
What is the Hudson River Valley School?
The design of the White House was based on the works of this ancient Roman architect.
Who is Vitruvius?
Name two of the three main ideals in composition that the Neoclassical artists strived to express in their works.
What are harmony, balance, and stability?
Benjamin West was known for showing modern events in this innovative way.
What is modern dress?
By combining classical compositional balance with a modern subject, West’s Death of General Wolfe represented this fusion of ideals.
What is Neoclassical ideals with modern realism?
This artist is credited as the founder of the Hudson River Valley School.
Who is Thomas Cole?
Along with Vitruvius, this Venetian architect inspired the White House design.
Who is Palladio?