The
Enlightenment, also known as Neoclassicism was notable as being a
revival of classical elements and techniques. The Neo in
Neoclassicalism means new. This movement started in the mid-1700s
and lasted until the mid-1800s. During the Enlightenment people
started to think in a different fashion than they used to by using
science to challenge old ideas and philosophy to develop new ones
creating a sense of depth and development of understanding to art
of that time. The economy changed the audience in which artist were
creating for, this changed what artists choose to depicted in there
art. No longer where artist creating only art for the upper class
but artists were painting for everyone to see, because of this most
art painted during
Neoclassicism
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The without the
Enlightenment and the change of ideas that happened during this
time period Artist would still be only creating art because they
were commissioned to by a wealthy patron or church, such as in the
Baroque period the painting The Taking of the Christ by Caravaggio
is a prime example of art depicted prior to the Neoclassical
period. The painting by Caravaggio was commissioned for Roman
Marquis Ciriaco Mattei in 1602 and is an oil painting of Jesus
being arrested. The painting shows strong lighting, similar to the
time of Neoclassicalism, but comapered to other paintings of
Neoclassicism such as Jacques-Louis Davids Death of Marat which
was painted in 1793 the differences between the two pieces are
quite large, one of the biggest differences is the subject matter
of the painting. Caravaggios painting is of religious subject
matter, which was the main art content of times prior to The
Enlightenment because the Churches held majority of the power and
other than the wealthy no other class could afford such luxuries
such as art. It wasnt until the Enlightenment in which people
started thinking with a more logical sense of mind as well an
increase of revolutions and war, in which artist started depicting
contemporary major
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