Art of the Enlightenment
and Neoclassical
Art
William V. Ganis, PhD
William Hunter
Child in Womb
from Anatomy of the
Human Gravid Uterus
1774
Joseph Wright of Derby
A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery
ca. 1763-1765
oil on canvas
4 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
Joseph Wright of Derby
Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump
1768
oil on canvas
6 x 8 ft.
Abraham Darby III and Thomas E. Pritchard
Iron Bridge at Coalbrookdale
Coalbrookdale, England
1776-1779
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
The Village Bride
1761
oil on canvas
3 ft. x 3 ft. 10 1/2 in.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Grace at Table
1740
oil on canvas
1 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft. 3 in.
Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
The Soap Bubble
ca. 1739
oil on canvas
61 x 63 cm
Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun
Self-Portrait
1790
oil on canvas
8 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 9 in.
Adélaide Labille-Guiard
Self-Portrait with Two Pupils
1785
oil on canvas
6 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 11 1/2 in.
William Hogarth
Breakfast Scene from Marriage à la Mode
ca. 1745
oil on canvas
2 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft.
Thomas Gainsborough
Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1787
oil on canvas
7 ft. 2 5/8 in. x 5 ft. 5/8 in.
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lady Sarah Bunbury
Sacrificing to the Graces
1765
oil on canvas
7 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft.
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lord Heathfield
1787
oil on canvas
4 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 9 in.
Charles Wilson Peale
George Washington
ca. 1779-81
oil on canvas
95 x 61 3/4 in.
Benjamin West
The Death of General Wolfe
1771
oil on canvas
approximately 5 x 7 ft.
John Singleton Copley
Portrait of Paul Revere
ca. 1768-1770
oil on canvas
2 ft. 11 1/8 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.
Canaletto
Basin of San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore
ca. 1740
oil on canvas
4 ft. 3 1/4 in. x 6 ft. 3 1/8 in.
Angelica Kauffmann
Mother of the Gracchi
ca. 1785
oil on canvas
3 ft. 4 in. x 4 ft. 2 in.
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Voltaire
1781
marble
approximately life-size
Jean-Antoine Houdon
Voltaire
1778
marble
18 7/8 in. high
Jean-Antoine Houdon
George Washington
1788-92
marble
6 ft. 2 in. high
Jacques-Louis David
Oath of the Horatii
1784
oil on canvas
approximately 11 x 14 ft.
Jacques-Louis David
Death of Socrates
1787
oil on canvas
51 x 77 1/4 in.
Jacques-Louis David
The Death of Marat
1793
oil on canvas
approximately 5 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 1 in.
Jacques-Louis David
The Coronation of Napoleon
1805-1808
oil on canvas
20 ft. 4 1/2 in. x 32 ft. 1 3/4 in.
Jacques-Louis David
Monsieur Lavoisier and His Wife
1788
oil on canvas
8 ft. 8 1/4 in. x 7 ft. 4 1/8 in.
Étienne-Louis Boulée
Cenotaph for Isaac Newton
(never built)
1784
ink and wash drawings
each 15 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.
Jacques-Germain Soufflot
The Panthéon
(Sainte-Geneviève)
Paris, France
1755-1792
Pierre Vignon
La Madeleine
Paris, France
1807-1842
Pierre Vignon
La Madeleine
Paris, France
1807-1842
Antonio Canova
Paulene Borghese as Venus
1808
marble
life-size
Antonio Canova
Paulene Borghese as Venus
1808
marble
life-size
Antonio Canova
Paulene Borghese as Venus
1808
marble
life-size
Antonio Canova
Cupid and Psyche
1787-93
marble
5 ft. 1 in. x 5 ft. 8 1/4 in.
Giovanni Battista Piranesi
View of the Flavian Amphitheater
known as the Colosseum:
from Views of Rome
1776
etching
each 19 3/8 x 28 1/8 in.
Karl Gotthard Langhans
Brandenburg Gate
Berlin, Germany
1788-91
Richard Boyle and William Kent
Chiswick House
near London, England
begun 1725
Richard Boyle and William Kent
Chiswick House
near London, England
begun 1725
John Wood the Younger
The Royal Crescent
Bath, England
1769-1775
James Stuart
Doric Portico
Hagley Park,
Worcestershire, England
1758
Wedgwood and Co.
Vase with Bridal Preparation Scene
black basalt stoneware
1769-1775
18 in. high
Robert Adam
Etruscan Room
Osterley Park House
Middlesex, England
begun 1761
Thomas Jefferson
Monticello
Charlottesville, Virginia
1770-1806
Horatio Greenough
George Washington
1832-1841
marble
approximately 11 ft. 4 in. high
Benjamin Latrobe Major L’Enfant
Capitol Building Plan of Washington
Washington, DC Washington, DC
1803-1807 1791
Benjamin Latrobe
Tobacco Capital
Washington, DC
1809
Benjamin Latrobe
Corncob Capital
Washington, DC
1809
Edmonia Lewis
Forever Free
1867
marble
3 ft. 5 1/4 in. x 11 in. x 7 in.
Hiram Powers
The Greek Slave
1843
marble
5 ft. 5 1/2 in. high
Hiram Powers
The Greek Slave
1843
marble
5 ft. 5 1/2 in. high
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Apotheosis of Homer
1827
oil on canvas
12 ft. 8 in. x 16 ft. 10 3/4 in.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Grande Odalisque
1814
oil on canvas
2 ft. 11 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.
Anne-Louis Trioson
The Burial of Atala
1808
oil on canvas
6 ft. 11 in. x 8 ft. 9 in.
Antoine-Jean Gros
Napoleon at the Pesthouse at Jaffa
1804
oil on canvas
17 ft. 5 in. x 23 ft. 7 in.
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Paganini
1819
pencil drawing
1 ft. x 8 1/2 in.
Antonio Canova
Perseus with the Head of Medusa
ca. 1800
marble
life-size