AP Art History

Neoclassical

Key Ideas: 
(the start of the Enlightenment)

• 1750-1815

• Enlightenment brought about the rejection of royal and aristocratic authority

• Supported by Napoleon in order to associated himself with the successes of the Ancient Roman's Empire.

• Jacques-Louis David becomes First Painter

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• Neoclassical art was more democratic

• Late 18th century = Industrial Revolution (cast iron, and carvings from bronze cheaper than marble)