Neoclassical American Realism

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neoclassicism (sometimes called Neo-classicism) is the name given to distinct movement in the visual arts in effect at various times between the 18th and the 20th centuries. Novelty, improvisation, self-expression, and blinding inspiration (which most refer to as modernism or minimalism) are not neoclassical virtues^{[citation needed]}; neoclassicism exhibits perfect control and does not recreate art forms from the ground up with each new project, as modernism demands^{[citation needed]}. Neo-classical paintings are devoid of pastel colors and haziness; instead, they have sharp colors with Chiaroscuro.

Realism was essentially ushered in by the industrial revolution in France (mid -19th century) and attempts to observe nature and reality objectively^{[citation needed]}. Realism in art is the depiction of subjects as they appear in everyday life, without embellishment or interpretation. The term is also used to describe works of art which in portraying a truth, may emphasize the less attractive^{[citation needed]}.

Vallieres’ paintings, as seen above^{[need image]}, are an amalgamation of neoclassicism and realism, his canvases often American landscapes and subjects; though American Realism refers to those American painters who have abandoned the more in vogue far less demanding in time to return to more demanding neoclassical and realistic brush. Hence: Neoclassical American Realism. Two additional examples follow^{[where are the images?]}.

[edit] Artists

R. Jean Vallieres, Neo-classical American Realist ^{[perhaps a link to his work?]}

[edit] References