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Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art
and Architecture
Allison Lee Palmer
The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Lanham Toronto Plymouth, UK
2011
Published by Scarecrow Press, Inc.
A wholly owned subsidiary of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.
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Estover Road, Plymouth PL6 7PY, United Kingdom
Copyright 2011 by Allison Lee Palmer
All rights reserved . No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the publisher, except by a reviewer who may quote passages in a review.
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Palmer, Allison Lee, 1963
Historical dictionary of neoclassical art and architecture / Allison Lee Palmer.
p. cm. (Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts)
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-8108-6195-4 (hardback : alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-8108-7474-9 (ebook)
1. Neoclassicism (Art)Dictionaries. 2. Neoclassicism (Architecture)Dictionaries.
I. Title.
N6425.N4P35 2011
709.03'41dc22 2010042163
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992.
Printed in the United States of America
To my sons,
Julian and Evan
Breaking artistic movements down into periods is no easy matter and naming them can be even harder, to say nothing of explaining them, as the case of neoclassicism amply demonstrates. The heyday, most agree, is from the 1750s to the 1830s and a bit beyond. How about the name? This is another one of those neos, but just what does it hark back to? Certainly Renaissance Italian painting, by the likes of Raphael, highly admired at the time, but also reaching much further back to ancient Roman civilization, which artists and tourists flocking to Italy saw all around them, and gradually even further to the works of classical Greece, which were finally becoming accessible in the 18th century. Rococo by then had become excessively complicated and garish, and here were new models that were refreshingly simple and harmonious. As it happens, this style appealed not only to the public but also to their leaders, whether the monarchs or the revolutionary Napoleon, and they used it to strengthen or restore their status; to some extent it was imposed by the academy. Thus despite living in one of the most revolutionary eras in history, or maybe because of that, marked by the French and American revolutions, the philosophy of Enlightenment, and the Industrial Revolution, neoclassicism prevailed until the much freer and more emotional style of romanticism gradually took over. Yet, although neoclassicism is now also an old movement, remnants of itoften in the form of official and other buildingsstill surround those living in many parts of Europe, so it remains familiar. And periodically the pendulum does swing back on occasion toward the simple and harmonious so it can return in one form or another.
So much for the defining and naming, but that is nothing compared to the explaining, which is the task of this Historical Dictionary of Neoclassical Art and Architecture . It does this explaining admirably several times over. First, the chronology helps put things in order, not only the artistic accomplishments of the period but also the sometimes rather chaotic political and social background. The introduction provides a broader context, one in which to examine the emergence, spread, and ultimately decline of a movement that, as noted, still surrounds many of us today although it now seems less popular than others. But the main contribution is the dictionary section, since it provides in alphabetical order thoroughly cross-referenced entries on many of the leading artists, sculptors, and architects with specific reference to their major works. Other entries deal with some notable styles, specific techniques, and leading theoreticians. Should this not be enough, there is plenty of possible follow-on reading compiled in the bibliography.
This book was written by Allison Lee Palmer and is her second contribution to our series of Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Her first was the Historical Dictionary of Architecture , and she is presently working on a Historical Dictionary of Romanticism , the period following neoclassicism that many of the artists in this volume emerged into. Professor Palmer teaches art history in the School of Art and Art History at the University of Oklahoma and covers the period from the Renaissance through the 18th century. She received her Ph.D. in Renaissance and Baroque Art History from Rutgers University, and over the years she has won several teaching awards and produced numerous articles and presentations at a wide variety of art history and interdisciplinary conferences. For Dr. Palmer, art also includes architecture, which is not always the case but which turns out to be most fortunate given the role of architecture in neoclassicism. In culture, as elsewhere, fashions tend to change, and today, neoclassicism is not at or near the top of the list, but it has made a considerable contribution to art and architecture and something like it may do so again in the future, so this volume is a very welcome addition to the series.
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