A Glance to the end of the 18. Century French Art II
Author: Banu Kucuksubasi/2007
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The Oath of the Horatii(1784)
Jaques Louis David
Neoclasical Art reflects the noble bareness and still sublimity of the antique Greek sculpture...and of their understanding of beauty...It’s a reaction to the irresponsiblity of Rococo...At the same time it’s the art of an era when all the symbols of aristocracy were terminated whereas Napoleon was installing the symbols of antique Greek democracy and culture which he took as a model for the new republic...In the brush of an artist who te ...
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2010-04-05 18:41:48
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