Neoclassicism and Romanticism are often compared, because the two movements differ sharply in content or sentiment.
Write an essay based on the following:
What are some of the major differences between Neoclassical and Romantic art? Address subject, form and content in your answer.
Choose a pair of works from the list below.
Use the Internet to find the paintings and contrast them.
How is each painting representative of its movement?
• David’s Oath of the Horatii vs. Gericault’s Raft of the Medusa
• David’s Death of Socrates vs. Delacroix’s Death of Sardanapalus
• Ingres’s Grande Odalisque vs. Delacroix’s Odalisque
