Literature of Art
A. The two art periods that I choose to write an essay about is Classical Art and Neoclassical Art period.
Classical art dates back to as early as 500 B.C. during the rise of the Greek Empire to the Roman. Classical Art celebrated the human figure (humanism) through sculpture in highly naturalistic detail. Some of the human forms are seen every day in architecture, sculpture, coins, and dollar bills. Ancient Greek Art social conditions that contributed to the advent of the style were focus on balance, harmony, and ideal proportions in artwork. Roman art was mainly borrowed from Greek culture which focuses on imperial themes of power, military victory, and heroism. After the Romans conquered the Greeks they still regarded Greek culture and art as superior to any other. This is one of the eras defining qualities. Ancient architecture in Greece and Rome are also considered classical works of art including: The Pantheon, The Parthenon, The Arch of Constantine, and the Column of Trajan ("Visual art cork”)
1. . http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_classical_art#ixzz1j7wRJn4U 2. Neoclassicism Art was a tremendous movement in European art and architecture during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The art was an inspiration of desire to reconnect the spirit and forms of classical art from ancient Greece and Roman. Neoclassicism characteristics were serious, unemotional, and sternly heroic ("Answers.com," 2011). The social condition that may have contributed to the advent of this style was art itself a reaction of Rococo and Classical Art. Partly stimulated by the discovery of Roman ruins a Herculaneum and Pompeii, along with publication in 1755 of the highly Influential book Thought of the Imitation of Greek Work of Art, by a German art historian and scholar Johann Winckelmann, all of this revival of Neoclassical Art ("Answers.com," 2011). 3. The relationship between Classical and Neoclassical historical periods; analyzing the difference and similarities,
Classical art dates back to as early as 500 B.C. during the rise of the Greek Empire to the Roman. Classical Art celebrated the human figure (humanism) through sculpture in highly naturalistic detail. Some of the human forms are seen every day in architecture, sculpture, coins, and dollar bills. Ancient Greek Art social conditions that contributed to the advent of the style were focus on balance, harmony, and ideal proportions in artwork. Roman art was mainly borrowed from Greek culture which focuses on imperial themes of power, military victory, and heroism. After the Romans conquered the Greeks they still regarded Greek culture and art as superior to any other. This is one of the eras defining qualities. Ancient architecture in Greece and Rome are also considered classical works of art including: The Pantheon, The Parthenon, The Arch of Constantine, and the Column of Trajan ("Visual art cork”)
1. . http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_classical_art#ixzz1j7wRJn4U 2. Neoclassicism Art was a tremendous movement in European art and architecture during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The art was an inspiration of desire to reconnect the spirit and forms of classical art from ancient Greece and Roman. Neoclassicism characteristics were serious, unemotional, and sternly heroic ("Answers.com," 2011). The social condition that may have contributed to the advent of this style was art itself a reaction of Rococo and Classical Art. Partly stimulated by the discovery of Roman ruins a Herculaneum and Pompeii, along with publication in 1755 of the highly Influential book Thought of the Imitation of Greek Work of Art, by a German art historian and scholar Johann Winckelmann, all of this revival of Neoclassical Art ("Answers.com," 2011). 3. The relationship between Classical and Neoclassical historical periods; analyzing the difference and similarities,
References: Visual art cork. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.visual-arts-cork.com Answers.com. (2011, 12 09). Retrieved from http://wiki.answers.com