Artistic Movements

Art Movements 

Academic art is a style of artwork that was produced under the influence of European Academies of the arts. Specifically the academic arts and artists were influenced by the French Académie des Beaux-Arts, which practiced under the movements of Neoclassicism and Romanticism. The movements were merged, in order to create a more cohesive art style.


(above : rape of the sabine women, Pietro da Cortona, 1627–1629 : 752BC)

Neoclassicism is the name given to Western movements in the decorative and visual arts; literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw inspiration from the "classical" art and culture of Ancient Greece & Ancient Rome. From studying these periods of time, I can emphasise the importance of the ancient worlds artistic influences over the globe. Many artefacts from both Rome and Greece have been located over the entirety of what belonged to their empires. Not a corner was unmarked by the Caesars aqueducts, statues and pillars during his reign as emperor of Rome, and the Grecians influences are just as great too with the arts. As students finished their studies and returned from Italy to their home countries with newly rediscovered Greco-Roman ideals, Neoclassicism was born and its popularity spread all over Europe.

Romanticism was an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement that originated in Europe toward the end of the 18th century. Romanticism was characterised by emotion and individualism as well as the glorification of life, the past and nature. It can be seen as a reaction to the Industrial Revolution; by poets such as William Wordsworth and Blake, who challenged the new ideals with the emphasis on natures beauty and malevolence. It was embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature, but had a major impact on historiography, education, and the natural sciences. I have also studied Romanticism in literature, which presents as to how the medieval and classical affairs are glorified in comparison to those that occurred during the era.

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