Classical Era

                                                                            Oath of the Horatii

Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas, 3.3 x 4.25 m, painted in Rome, exhibited at the salon of 1785 (Musée du Louvre; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Jacques-Louis David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784, oil on canvas, 3.3 x 4.25 m, painted in Rome, exhibited at the salon of 1785 (Musée du Louvre; photo: Steven Zucker, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)


                                                                        Oath of the Horatii

       This interesting, beautiful painting was painted by Jacques-Louis David in 1784 and It was painted in Rome, Italy.  This is a neo-cassicism painting. The colors are bold, the lines are perfect, it looks like the figures are perfectly shapes and they have perfect bodies. There is a lot of space here. The man wearing a cloak and a grey tunic is the center of the painting. He is giving swords to his men or sons. All the people here are related. The women are all saddened that their men are all going to war.The background is perfectly painted with grey, due to the seriousness of the revolution (CBM).

    All the figures are wearing Roman type clothing. There is some kind of action and drama going on here, I like that.  I would not want to keep this kind of painting but I sure would like to learn and know more about these kinds of historical stories. I find it interesting.


Cite this page as: Dr. Beth Gersh-Nesic, "Neoclassicism, an introduction," in Smarthistory, January 7, 2016, accessed October 19, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/neoclassicism-an-introduction/.



                                                       Portrait of a lady holding an orange blossom


Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom

Jeremias Schultz. Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom, 1770s. Oil on canvas. Overall: 80 × 



   This painting was painted by Jeremias Schul, in 1770 in Berlin, Germany.  Little is known about who this young coloured  lady was.  She does look like she is from a high class, well to do family. Due to the fancy type dress and nice looking jewelry she is wearing. This beautiful painting of a nice looking lady is wearing a fancy blue dress and a matching bonnet. The painting is painted to the last detail, She is wearing nice jewelry  and it looks expensive and nice, (IM).

    The young lady is in the center of the portrait, and the lighting is nicely shining on her, it could be the moon light. The back ground looks like a nice garden or a peaceful park, it is dim as it is getting dark. The young lady looks like she content as she stands gracefully and holding a pretty white and orange flower.

    The shapes, colors and lines makes this beautiful young lady as if she is real. There is a lot of space in this painted portrait. I like the peacefulness of this great, beautiful painting of this unknown beautiful young lady.

I wonder who she was, I curious about her life story. 

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Sotheby’s auction catalogue

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smarthistory. org. a portrait of a lady holding a blossom

Cite this page as: Dr. Ingrid E. Mida, "Jeremias Schul, Portrait of a Lady Holding an Orange Blossom ," in Smarthistory, March 5, 2021, accessed October 20, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/lady-holding-an-orange-blossom/.


Angelica Kauffmann, Cornelia Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures

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Angelica Kauffmann, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures, c. 1785, oil on canvas, 40 x 50" (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)

Angelica Kauffmann, Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures, c. 1785, oil on canvas, 40 x 50″ (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)


     This is a nice painting that was painted by Swiss born painter, Angelica Kauffmann, in 1785). The story behind this great painting is very good. The painting of this is nicely painting, the artist used lines and shapes of the women and children, it is all done in great detail.  The colors and texture add the right touch to it. It makes me want to look at it more. The back ground and the out door scene is nicely painted with blue and gray.  Nothing is left out of this grad painting. This is very colorful painting and the shadows add to it also.

    The woman in a white and tan clothing is the center of the painting, she is showing her treasured children.

The woman on the right is waring a red dress is showing her jewelry as her treasure. The clothing is of the roman era. Our children are the most precious treasure, for they are our future. (DM)

I really like the story of this painting. We can have nice things that we can enjoy, but our children is our future.

I work and teach children and I could relate to this beautiful painting, but I would not hang it on my wall.


Cite this page as: Dana Martin, "Angelica Kauffmann, Cornelia Pointing to her Children as Her Treasures," in Smarthistory, January 7, 2016, accessed October 19, 2024, https://smarthistory.org/angelica-kauffmann-cornelia-pointing-to-her-children-as-her-treasures/.

     














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  1. Liam's Land of LandscapesOctober 28, 2024 at 4:52 PM

    I am curious about the story behind the third painting. It seems to be calm and pleasant. The figures in this painting do appear to be teachers and students or mothers and children. Do you think their focus is on their children or on their possessions? I also notice that the colors of their dresses are right in line with the other colors I have seen in the Neoclassical artwork. There is most definitely a theme here of balance and morality.

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