art of the revolution
This is the name given to the style that aroused in the XVIII century as a rejection to the pretentious showed by Rococó in France to a simplistic style created by those artists related with the independent movement against the French monarchy. Enlightenment was the ideology related with the artistic expression.
architecture.The interest in the Classic cultures: Greece and Roman created by archaeological discoveries made that architects used the ancient orders in the creation of buildings but also in the design of monuments with the same purpose: honor the heroes of the moment. The style follow the sam pattern of ancient classics: columns, golden section.
In Mexico, the style was promoted in times of Porfirio Díaz in the figures of Manuel Tolsa and Antonio Rivas Mercado. Get a virtual tour in Palacio Nacional. Review the Mexican Independence Column by Antonio Rivas Mercado Check lyrics on the song "La puerta de Alcalá" by Ana Belén and Victor Manuel. The answer the question, what does it has to do with the neoclassic period and its philosophy? Post it into the discussion board of the Facebook group |
PaintingThe supporters of the French Revolution such as Jacques Louis David dedicated his paintings basically about the heroes of this War: Napoleon Bonaparte or Marat.
Jean August Dominique Ingrés also represented images of Napoleon as a great powerful man. With the influence of archaeology and the study of other cultures he also represented images influenced by the Arabian culture: naked women as odaliskes. |
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