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With an eye towards the drawings featured in "Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from the Horvitz Collection," Margaret Morgan Grasselli, a leading expert in the field of French drawings, documents the movement’s roots: the careful study of Roman antiquities, the development of an austerely dramatic, visually striking pictorial style, and the depiction of subjects from both ancient and modern history.
Discover the defining features of Neoclassicism in this exploration of the origins and characteristics of the “new classical” style that dominated Europe, especially France, in the late-18th century.
Support for this program is provided by the Allan McNab Endowed Fund.
With an eye towards the drawings featured in "Revolution to Restoration: French Drawings from the Horvitz Collection," Margaret Morgan Grasselli, a leading expert in the field of French drawings, documents the movement’s roots: the careful study of Roman antiquities, the development of an austerely dramatic, visually striking pictorial style, and the depiction of subjects from both ancient and modern history.
Discover the defining features of Neoclassicism in this exploration of the origins and characteristics of the “new classical” style that dominated Europe, especially France, in the late-18th century.
Support for this program is provided by the Allan McNab Endowed Fund.
