the anti classic
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The Anti-The Anti-ClassicClassic
What can happen in the space that immediately
follows the peak moment of an idea?
Anti- : against, in opposition. It does not refer to the non- or un- elements.
The difference is intent.
Tensions between opposites can become a symbiotic (mutually beneficial), working relationship.
Both helps to define and clarify the other.
Classical Greece and HellenismClassical Greece and Hellenism
Simplified issues of HellenismSimplified issues of Hellenism
• Greece conquered by the Greek educated Macedonian, Alexander– Appearances remain similar– Underlying concepts radically
shift
• Expanding “global view” created by the exchanges within the new, large empire
• Synthesis of Greek and “Barbarian” dichotomy give great energy and inspiration
The Renaissance & MannerismThe Renaissance & Mannerism
Raphael, The Entombment
Fiorentino, Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro
The Renaissance & MannerismThe Renaissance & Mannerism
Bellini, Madonna With Saints Parmigianino, Madonna with The Long Neck
The Renaissance & MannerismThe Renaissance & Mannerism
Romano, Palazzo de Té, Mantua
Michelangelo, The Campidoglio, Rome
The End of the RenaissanceThe End of the Renaissance
• What do you do after Raphael and the other “super-geniuses” of the age?– How can it be improved?– Where else can this trajectory
continue?
• Sack of Rome in 1527 by mutinous troops of H.R.E. Charles V - final episode of a power struggle within the Catholic church– Loss of identity– Shattered continuity of
traditions
• Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance rose up against the influence of the de’ Medici clan, the original patrons of the R.– Loss of significant patronage
French Baroque + RococoFrench Baroque + Rococo
Watteau, Embarkation from CytheraPoussin, Burial of Phocion
French Baroque + RococoFrench Baroque + Rococo
Le Vau, Hall of Mirrors, Versailles
Cuvilles, Salon at the Amalienburg, Munich
Reasons for the RococoReasons for the Rococo
• In part Rococo was an extension of the idealized aesthetic of the Baroque – originally was an interior design concept
• Change of French Kings (Louis XIVXV) = change in the court’s favor: the Grand Manner became replaced by an endless search of the pleasurable life
• The grandeur and excess of the Baroque (Versailles) provided a reason to seek a more intimate approach
• Neoclassicism will eventually replace
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