NEO-CLASSISM
How an artist reacts to politics
This restrained, disciplined and austere style
Jacques Louis David became an official artist for the government in 1784
‘ The Oath Of Horatii ‘ By Jacques Louis David, 1784, oil on canvas
-📍Louvre museum, Paris
ROMANTICISM
Emphasises emotion and imagination.
Artists embrace themes of the struggles of freedom and justice.
‘ Liberty leading the people ‘ by Eugène Delacroix is one of the most famous and influential romantic paintings. It is commemorated to the July Revolution 1830. It is more allegory.
‘ Liberty Leading The People ‘ by Eugène Delacroix, 1830, oil on canvas
-📍 Louvre museum, Paris