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The art of 1750-1800
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The Pantheon designed by Jacques Germain Soufflot
The Pantheon was built as a church but secularized during the Revolution. The large portico is modeled directly on ancient Roman temples. -
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The Village Bride by Jean- Baptiste Greuze
This painting depicts a scene of lower-class family life.. Greuze illustrates enlightenment- that the poor, unlike immoral aristocracy, are full of natural virtue and honest sentiment. -
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums ("The History of Art in Antiquity") by Johann Johann Winckelmann
Johann Winckelmann published this book tourge the immitation of the noble, simplistic, and calm grandeur of the greeks. -
Marcus Aurelius Distributing Bread to the People by Joseph-Marie Vien.
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A Philosopher Giving a lecture with a mechanical planetary by Joseph Wright
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Monticello House designed by Thomas Jefferson
The Gregorian style homes became popular in the United States. Moticello is the home that Thomas Jefferson designed for himself. It has brick and wooden trim and Doric order columns. -
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The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West
Wolfe's death in the siege of Quebec, during the French and Indian war had caused considerable feeling in London. The way in which the subjects are arranged resemebles the similarity of dead Christ. -
Academicians of the Royal Academy by Johann Joseph Zoffany
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Venus by Joseph Nollekens
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Watson and the Shark by John SIngleton Copley
Watson, a young English man, attacked by a shark wgile swimming in Havanna Harbor had been dramatically rescued. Many years later he commissioned COpley to depict this gruesome experience. -
Andromache Mourning Over the Body of Hector by Jacques-Louis David
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Venus Induces Helen to Fall in Love with Paris by Angelica Kauffman
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U.S Capitol Building designed by Wiliam Thornton
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Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David
Marat, one of the politial leaders of the Revolution, had been murdered in his bathtub. A painful skin condition caused him to do paperwork in the bathtub. A woman named Charolette Corday burst in with a personal petition and stabbed him while he was reading it. -
The Return of Marcus Sextus by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
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Charles IV of Spain and His Family by Francisco de Goya
