Neo- Classicism: A revival of classical ideas but a shift...
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Neo- Classicism: A revival of classical ideas but a shift away from Christian or biblical subjects to historical subjects
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Neo- Classicism: A revival of classical ideas but a shift away
from Christian or biblical subjects to historical subjects
*Benjamin West, Death of General Wolfe, 1771
*Jacques Louis David, Oaths of Horatii, 1784
*Jacques Louis David, The Coronation of Napoleon, 1805 – 1808 20 x 32 feet, oil on canvas
*Ingres, Apotheosis of Homer, 1827