art of the enlightenment and neoclassical art william v. ganis, phd
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Art of the Enlightenment and Neoclassical
Art
William V. Ganis, PhD
William Hunter
Child in Wombfrom Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus
1774
Joseph Wright of Derby
A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery
ca. 1763-1765oil on canvas4 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
Joseph Wright of Derby
Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
1768oil on canvas6 x 8 ft.
Abraham Darby III and Thomas E. Pritchard
Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale, England
1776-1779
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Village Bride
1761oil on canvas3 ft. x 3 ft. 10 1/2 in.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Grace at Table
1740oil on canvas1 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft. 3 in.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
The Soap Bubble
ca. 1739oil on canvas61 x 63 cm
Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun
Self-Portrait
1790oil on canvas8 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 9 in.
Adélaide Labille-Guiard
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils
1785oil on canvas6 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 11 1/2 in.
William Hogarth
Breakfast Scene from Marriage à la Mode
ca. 1745oil on canvas2 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft.
Thomas Gainsborough
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1787oil on canvas7 ft. 2 5/8 in. x 5 ft. 5/8 in.
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces
1765oil on canvas7 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft.
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lord Heathfield
1787oil on canvas4 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 9 in.
Charles Wilson Peale
George Washington
ca. 1779-81oil on canvas95 x 61 3/4 in.
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe
1771oil on canvasapproximately 5 x 7 ft.
John Singleton Copley
Portrait of Paul Revere
ca. 1768-1770oil on canvas2 ft. 11 1/8 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.
Canaletto
dome of the Chapel of Saint Ivo College of the Sapienza
Rome, Italy
begun 1642
Angelica Kauffmann
Mother of the Gracchi
ca. 1785oil on canvas3 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 2 in.
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Voltaire
1781marbleapproximately life-size
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Voltaire
1778marble18 7/8 in. high
Jean-Antoine Houdon
George Washington
1788-92marble6 ft. 2 in. high
Jacques-Louis David
Oath of the Horatii
1784oil on canvasapproximately 11 x 14 ft.
Jacques-Louis David
Death of Socrates
1787oil on canvas51 x 77 1/4 in.
Jacques-Louis David
The Death of Marat
1793oil on canvasapproximately 5 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 1 in.
Jacques-Louis David
The Coronation of Napoleon
1805-1808oil on canvas20 ft. 4 1/2 in. x 32 ft. 1 3/4 in.
Jacques-Louis David
Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife
1788oil on canvas8 ft. 8 1/4 in. x 7 ft. 4 1/8 in.
Étienne-Louis Boulée
Cenotaph for Isaac Newton (never built)
1784ink and wash drawingseach 15 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.
Jacques-Germain Soufflot
The Panthéon (Sainte-Geneviève)
Paris, France
1755-1792
Pierre Vignon
La Madeleine
Paris, France
1807-1842
Pierre Vignon
La Madeleine
Paris, France
1807-1842
Antonio Canova
Paulene Borghese as Venus
1808marblelife-size
Antonio Canova
Paulene Borghese as Venus
1808marblelife-size
Antonio Canova
Paulene Borghese as Venus
1808marblelife-size
Antonio Canova
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
ca. 1800marblelife-size
Antonio Canova
Cupid and Psyche
1787-93marble5 ft. 1 in. x 5 ft. 8 1/4 in.
Karl Gotthard Langhans
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin, Germany
1788-91
Richard Boyle and William Kent
Chiswick House
near London, England
begun 1725
Richard Boyle and William Kent
Chiswick House
near London, England
begun 1725
John Wood the Younger
The Royal Crescent
Bath, England
1769-1775
James Stuart
Doric Portico
Hagley Park, Worcestershire, England
1758
Wedgwood and Co.
Vase with Bridal Preparation Scene
black basalt stoneware1769-177518 in. high
Robert Adam
Etruscan RoomOsterley Park House
Middlesex, England
begun 1761
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Charlottesville, Virginia
1770-1806
Horatio Greenough
George Washington
1832-1841marbleapproximately 11 ft. 4 in. high
Benjamin Latrobe
Capitol Building
Washington, DC
1803-1807
Major L’Enfant
Plan of Washington
Washington, DC
1791
Benjamin Latrobe
Tobacco Capital
Washington, DC
1809
Benjamin Latrobe
Corncob Capital
Washington, DC
1809
Edmonia Lewis
Forever Free
1867marble3 ft. 5 1/4 in. x 11 in. x 7 in.
Hiram Powers
The Greek Slave
1843marble5 ft. 5 1/2 in. high
Hiram Powers
The Greek Slave
1843marble5 ft. 5 1/2 in. high
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Apotheosis of Homer
1827oil on canvas12 ft. 8 in. x 16 ft. 10 3/4 in.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Paganini
1819pencil drawing1 ft. x 8 1/2 in.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Grande Odalisque
1814oil on canvas2 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.
Anne-Louis Trioson
The Burial of Atala
1808oil on canvas6 ft. 11 in. x 8 ft. 9 in.
Antoine-Jean Gros
Napoleon at the Pesthouse at Jaffa
1804oil on canvas17 ft. 5 in. x 23 ft. 7 in.