Transcript lesson review 12.1x

12.1 Neoclassical Art
Lesson Review page 389
1. What was the name of th4 official art
style when Napoleon was in power?
• Neoclassicism
2. Name two reasons artists became so
interested in creating art that was
reminiscent of ancient Rome during the
late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
• Since Napoleon wished to be compared to the
Roman emperors, he preferred art based on
classical roman styles. Also, Pompeii and
Herculaneum were uncovered in 1738.
3. Who became the leading French
artist during the French Revolution?
• Jacques-Louis David
4. How was Ingres’ painting style
different from his teacher David’s
style?
• Ingres’ style was softer and more sensitive to
texture and flesh than David’s style.
Ingres’s style
David’s style
5. Name the woman who was Marie
Antoinette’s principal portrait painter?
• Elizabeth Vigee-Leburn
Marie Antoinette
6. Name some of the buildings
designed by Thomas Jefferson?
• Thomas Jefferson designed his own home at
Monticello, and the first buildings at the
University of Virginia Charlottesville
7. What style of art influenced the
design of the United States Capital?
• Neoclassicism
8. List three early leade3rs of the
United States that Houdon sculped.
• Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington