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| For wealthy men, the completion of a formal education included the Grand Tour: an extended, guided trip to the cultural sites of southern Europe. Full of Classical and Renaissance works, Italy was the focus of the tour. |
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Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset
Rosalba Carriera
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The Doge's Palace and the Riva degli Schiavoni
Canaletto
1730's |
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The Bucintoro at the Molo
Canaletto
1730's |
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View of Pantheon, Rome
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
1756 |
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(Neo=new)
- Portrayed classical ideals and subjects in a style that looked to the visual culture of ancient greece and Rome.
- Embraced the logic and morality of the Enlightenment
- Rejected the sensual pastel colors and bold painterly flourishes of the Rococo
- Returned to the hard lines and cool paint handling of the Italian renaissance
- Popular subjects: illustrations of what were considered virtuous actions and deeds of the Greeks and Romans. |
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Parnassus
Anton Raphael Mengs
1761 |
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Pauline Borghese as Venus
Antonio Canova
1808 |
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An Experiment on a Bird in the Air-Pump
Joseph Wright of Derby
1769 |
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Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures
Angelica Kauffmann
1785 |
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The Death of General Wolfe
Benjamin West
1770 |
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Chiswich House
Richard Boyle (Lord Burlington)
1724-1729 |
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The Nightmare
John Henry Fuseli
1781 |
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Newton
William Blake
1795-1805 |
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Watson and the Shark
John Singleton Copley
1778 |
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Pantheon (Church of Sainte-Genevieve)
Jacques-Germain Soufflot
1755-1792 |
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The Village Bride, or The Marriage, the Moment when a Father Gives His Son-In-Law a Dowry
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
1761 |
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Portrait of Marie Antoinette with Her Children
Marie-Louise-Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun
1787 |
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The Beloved Mother
Greuze
1765 |
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Oath of Horatii
Jacques-Louis David
1784-1785 |
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Death of Marat
Jacques-Louis David
1793 |
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