{Neoclassical and Romantic Art [continued (3)]}{Neoclassical Painting}[12th May 1991]

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‘Linear Qualities. Classical sculptures were one of the main sources of Neoclassicism, with paintings – because they were fewer in number – playing a secondary role. These provided both subject-matter & poses. Sculptures, especially reliefs, contributed further to the development of Neoclassicism, namely the stylistic emphasis flat planes * and the concentration on linearity. Even complex outdoor subjects, such as that of “Agrippina with the Ashes of Germanicus” (1767[ce];** Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut) by an American-born English painter, Benjamin West, were composed with an emphasis on flat planes & outlines: large ships with great sails and the attendant crowd at the quayside all managed to be compressed into the narrow, *** shelf-like space of a frieze.’

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