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Sep 3 2010
Sappho by Charles August Mengin of 1877
Academician / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 day ago - troycapc
A reproduction of a work by Charles August Mengin, “Sappho”. This Academic masterpiece of 1877 is a wonderful depiction of the greatest poetess of the Classical Age. Charles August Mengin learned from Gecker and Cabanel and began exhibiting at the Paris Salon the year before producing this, his most famous work. He died on April 3, 1933 at the age of eighty years. In this work, Sappho’s sensual and exotic nature is beautifully rendered. The original is in the Manchester Art Gallery in Manchester, England.
Aug 30 2010
Psyche et L’Amour by William Adolphe Bouguereau, 1889
Academician / Bouguereau / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 5 days ago - troycapc
This French Impressionist painting by William Adolphe Bouguereau is a beautiful and realistic image of Eros and Psyche in rapt attention during their ascent into the Heavens. The work was created in 1889. The artist died in 1905 at the age of eighty years.
Aug 21 2010
The Gust of Wind by Jean-Francois Millet, 1872
French / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 14 days ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Jean-Francois Millet’s work, “The Gust of Wind” of about 1872. This work is set on the French La Hague peninsula. The drama of the wind is emphasized in the strokes of the artist’s brush, the over-turning tree and the figure of a man, all buffeted by what appears to be more of a gale than a gust of wind.
Aug 10 2010
Leonidas at Thermopylai by Jacques Louis David, 1813
David / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 4 weeks ago - troycapc
This French Neo-classical by Jacques Louis David depicts a scene from Greek history in which the Spartans held the pass against the invading Persians. It was completed in 1813 after fifteen years of work and can easily be read as a commentary on the abdication of Napoleon in that both events were seen as a military defeat that reflects a moral victory. Therefore there is a weighty quality to the painting which many account as a severe attempt at conveying a historical moral.
Aug 8 2010
The Oath of the Horatii by Jacques Louis David of 1784
David / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 4 weeks ago - troycapc
This French Neo-classical by Jacques Louis David depicts a scene from Roman history in which the brothers Horatius swear an oath to defend Rome to the death. The masterpiece has almost universally acclaimed as the perfect example of Neoclassicism in two dimensional art. The painting was commissioned by King Louis XVI to be an example of loyalty to the state, but it came to represent the call to patriots to oppose tyranny and therefore to point forward in time to the French Revolution.
Aug 2 2010
The Deluge by Francis Danby
French / Paintings (Reproductions) - 5 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Francis Danby’s work “The Deluge”. Danby is continually impressed by the helpless and insignificant place of humanity in juxtaposition to the power and awe of Nature. In this work he depicts the Biblical Flood as animals and people are about to be submerged. The sole hope is Noah’s ark in the background.
Jul 29 2010
Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld by Jean Corot of 1861
Academician / French / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 5 weeks ago - troycapc
A reproduction of Jean Corot’s “Orpheus Leading Eurydice from the Underworld”, 1861. This nineteenth century Romantic artist probably most closely adhered to French Classicism in his work. He was a kind and generous man who died in 1875 at the age of seventy-nine years. In this work, Corot is depicting the Greek legend of Orpheus leading his beloved Erydice from Hades. This captured moment is just prior to the moment when Orpheus turns back to gaze on Eurydice. This broke his pledge to the Lord of the Underworld and his beloved faded from sight, never to be seen by moral eyes.
Jul 28 2010
Phaeton by Odilon Redon of ca. 1905
French / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) / Symbolist - 5 weeks ago - troycapc
This modern Symbolist masterpiece was created by Odilon Redon in the early years of the twentieth century. It depicts the Greek mythological figure Phaeton, the son of Apollo, who was allowed to drive his father’s chariot through the heavens. The boy could not control the divine steeds and eventually was tossed from the chariot and plunged to his death. Redon did not achieve any degree of fame until 1884 when he was forty-four years old. He began to favor pastels and oils in the 1890’s until his death in 1916.
Jul 25 2010
Zeus et Thetis, Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, 1811
French / Greco-Roman / Paintings (Reproductions) - 6 weeks ago - troycapc
This powerful images by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres by painted in 1811 in France. It depicts poignent moment from Book One of the Iliad when Thetis beseaches Zeus on behalf of her son Achilles.
Jul 20 2010
Patroclus by Jacques-Louis David of 1780
David / French / Greco-Roman / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 7 weeks ago - troycapc
This early Neoclassical work by Jacques-Louis David was created in 1780. It is now displayed in the Musee Thomas Henry in Cherbourg, France. Jacques-Louis David was born in 1748 Paris and was the foremost of the French Neoclassicists, in the opinion of many critics. His efforts were very influential in turning tastes from Rococo towards the realistic depiction of historical scenes, which was the hallmark of Neoclassicism. Orphaned at an early age, Jacques-Louis David was raised by prosperous uncles who begrudgingly allowed him to attend the Royal Academy. On his fourth try, David won the Prix de Rome in 1774. He went to Italy the next year and avidly drank in all the classical images and was overwhelmed by the art in Pompeii. From this point, David was devoted to the “eternal concepts” of the Classics.
Returning to Paris in 1780, David was quickly recognized as a genius, if an eccentric one. He was given lodgings in the Louvre at royal expense and married a rich heiress. He was commissioned to paint Oath of the Horatti and he went to Rome to do so. Returning to France, David joined in the political discussions which were rapidly moving the kingdom in the direction of revolution. Jacques-Louis David continued to produce revolutionary art in the Neoclassical manner until his death in 1825.
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