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Introductions |
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Jacques-Louis David |
The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons Study for The Lictors Bringing Brutus the Bodies of his Sons |
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Angelica Kauffmann |
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Anne-Louis Girodet |
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Marie-Guillemine Benoist |
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Antonio Canova |
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Pierre-Alexandre Barthélémy Vignon |
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Jacques-Germain Soufflot |
Week 8 Primary Sources: Jacques-Germain Soufflot and Sir Joshua Reynolds
Soufflot, The Panthéon (Church of Ste-Geneviève), Paris
On the Grand Style of the European Tradition in Painting
1 ½ pages
Apa
!2 point
Double spacing
No outside references and please make reference to the power point by marc
Assignment
Imagine...
It is 1787.
You are the Directeur Général des Bâtiments du Roi, the Director General of the King's Properties. As such, you determine, with the King's approval, what buildings get built, what paintings get commissioned and what artists at the Academie get approved. King Louis XVI (ruling from 1774-1792) wonders, after mid-century, why there has been a push among some of his ministers and many of the philosophes for reform in France, especially in the form of this new Neoclassical Style.
Using specific examples of the form and content of architecture and art, explain Neoclassicism to the King and how it will benefit France. When you respond to other people's postings, you may add to the reasons this new style will help.
