1. NEOCLASSICAL STYLE SUPPLANTED ROCOCO DURING THE 178OS KEY FIGURES WERE DEPICTED AS CLASSICAL HEROES WORKS PORTRAYED THE CLASSICAL VIRTUES OF SELF SACRIFICE AND DEVOTION TO STATE COMPOSITIONS EMPHASIZED THE GREEK IDEALS OF RESTRAINT, SIMPLICITY AND SYMMETRY Neo-Classical Art & Architecture

2. The Oath of the Horatii Neo –Classical Theme: Key figures were portrayed as classical heroes. By Jacques Louis David

3. THE DEATH OF SOCRATES, BY JACQUES LOUIS DAVID Neo –Classical Theme: Portrayed the classical virtues of self sacrifice and devotion to state.

4. Socrates has been condemned to death by the Greek government. He willingly drinks the hemlock while lecturing to his students that it is his duty as a citizen to obey the government. Neo –Classical Theme: Portrayed the classical virtues of self sacrifice and devotion to state.

5. Madame Recamier By Jacques Louis David

6. “Madame Recamier” is an 1800 portrait of Juliet Recamier, reclining in an empire style sofa, in an empire line, dressed as a modern vestal virgin. Neo –Classical Theme: Key figures were portrayed as classical heroes.

7. Madame Raymonde de Verninac By Jacques Louis David Neo –Classical Theme: Key figures were portrayed as classical heroes.

8. Lictors bringing to Brutus the bodies of his sons, by Jacques Louis David

9. Neo –Classical Theme: Portrayed the classical virtues of self sacrifice and devotion to state. The painting depicts Lucius Junius Brutus, the Roman leader, grieving for his sons. Brutus's sons had attempted to overthrow the government and restore the monarchy, so the father ordered their death to maintain the republic.

10. Napoleon Crossing the Alps Neo –Classical Theme: Portrayed the classical virtues of self sacrifice and devotion to state. By Jacques Louis David

11. The Coronation of Napoleon

12. THIS WORK FROM THE FRENCH REVOLUTION SHOWS MARAT, A JACOBIN LEADER, AFTER BEING STABBED IN HIS BATH TUB, BY CHARLOTTE CORDAY. The Murder of Marat Jacques Louis David

13. Charlotte Corday blamed Marat for the September Massacres, and feared an all out civil war. She claimed, “I killed one man to save 100,000”. Neo –Classical Theme: Portrayed the classical virtues of self sacrifice and devotion to state.

14. THIS IS A NEO-CLASSICAL SCULPTURE. IT PORTRAYS VOLTAIRE, A PHILOSOPHE FROM THE 1700S, WEARING THE ROBE OF AN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHER. Voltaire Seated By Jean-Antoine Houdon Neo –Classical Theme: Key figures were portrayed as classical heroes.

15. THE HOME OF THOMAS JEFFERSON, BUILT BY JEFFERSON Monticello Jefferson borrowed the ancient Roman columns and dome for this Neo-Classical architecture.

16. WHAT ARE THE FEATURES OF NEO- CLASSICAL ART? Lets Review: Key figures were depicted as classical heroes. Works portrayed the classical virtues of self- sacrifice and devotion to state.

17. WHO ARE THE MOST FAMOUS NEO- CLASSICAL ARTISTS? Lets Review: Jacques Louis David Jean-Antoine HoudonThomas Jefferson