Neoclassicism
An artistic movement that drew on ancient Greek and Roman forms, subjects and ideals of clarity and order.
Example
In the Louvre, compare Neoclassical control and antique references with the movement and emotion of Romantic painting.
Sources: louvre.fr
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Art movements
Romanticism
A movement that emphasised emotion, imagination, dramatic action and individual experience.
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Impressionism
A late nineteenth-century movement associated with visible brushwork, changing light and subjects drawn from modern...
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Post-Impressionism
A broad label for artists who developed distinct structural, symbolic or expressive approaches after Impressionism.
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Realism in art
A nineteenth-century approach that made contemporary people, labour and social life subjects for serious art.
