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Classicism
Classicism started during the Renaissance and it dominated the most of western art. The term
classicism came around during the 17 th century. Classicism work was defined by its use of Ancient
Greek and Roman concepts. The Baroque period brought about many changes and gave way for new
ideas and concepts. When the Baroque period came around it also led to more developments and a
wider range of art produced in the style of classicism.
Classicism paintings are refined and detailed. They focused a lot onto elegance and perfection, they
also commonly used symmetry in their paintings. They also contain idealised figures and used correct
proportions with the use of perspective. The colour in Classicism paintings tends to be more subtle and
neutral.
One of the most famous classicism artists was Claude Lorraine along side another artist called
Poussin. Claude became famous because even though he had no classical education or training he
seemed to develop and create the “Classical Landscape”.
I would now like to look at Claude Lorraine’s work and his use of the style classicism ; his work also
strongly focuses on the use of light and sun light.