Classicism

Classicism is a style that when applied generally, means clarity, elegance, symmetry and repose produced by attention to traditional forms. A literal application of the style refers to the admiration and imitation of Greek and Roman art. Because the principles of classicism were derived from the rules and practices of the ancients, the term came to mean the adherence to specific academic canons. The first return to classical ideas occurred during the Renaissance. Other classical artists include, William-Adolphe Bouguereau's Girl Defending Herself Against Love and Nicolas Poussin's Adoration of the Sheperds.

Classical Urn Series I-B    The Finding Of Moses    Novellia    Heart Of Snow    Nymphs and Satyr    Two Woman on a Sofa    The Baths of Caracalla    The Sea Hath Its Pearls    The Light of the Harem    Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder    A Coign Of Vantage    Flaming June    Midsummer    The Favourite Poet    Interlude    Architectural Facade Study #1    The Favorite    La Naissance De Venus (The Birth of Venus)    Classical Urn Series I-A    Companions    Roses Softly Blooming    The Ravishment Of Psyche    Degeuner Du Salon Au Cafe La Cascade    Le Bain (The Bath), 1868    Odalisque    Girl Defending Herself Against Love    The Young Seamstress    The Music Lesson    Tricoteuse    Kittens    Nausicaa from James Joyce’s Ulysses    Corner Of The Villa    Choosing    Nymphaeum    Arch & Spandrel #1    Rest in Harvest    Pause for Thought    Arch & Spandrel #2    Birth of Venus    The Nymph of the River    Whisperings of Love, 1889    Blossoms    Dreamers    Nausicaa    Angel    Song Without Words    The Knitting Girl, 1869    Solitude    Silver    The First Kiss    Night with Her Train of Stars    Love’s Dream    The Honeymooners    Two Sisters    Midsummer Eve    Furiose    Sweet Sounds, 1918    Intercepted Correspondence    Time To Play    By the Sea    Prosperine    Young Lovers    Urn with Quartrefoil Arch #1    Pomegrantes    Untitled Work No. 0810    Architectural Facade Study #2    Victorian Fantasy    The Betrothed    The Apple Gatherer    Clytie    The Roses of Heliogabalus    Urn with Quatrefoil Arch #2    Love's Votaries    Winged Figure    L'Espieglerie (The Mischievous One)    Wimbledon Tennis Party    L'Innocence    Silver Favourites    Seated Nude    The Bath of Psyche    The Birth Of Venus (Naissance de Venus)    Nymphs And Satyr, 1873    The Nymphaeum    The Abduction Of Psyche, 1895    The Coliseum    A Favourite Custom    An Apodyterium    Vain Courtship    Strigils And Sponges    Cressida    The Antique Juggling Girl    Moon Nymph    Vision Of Faust    Lamia    Lancelot And Guinevere    A Fond Farewell    The Flowers Of Venus    Compassion    The Virgin, Baby Jesus & Saint John the Baptist    Enchantress    Wine Of Tokai    Vision Of Endymion    The Yellow Room    The Gates Of Dawn    Pieta, 1876    Clyties Of The Mist    The Virgin of the Lilies (La Vierge Au Lys)    The Massage Scene At Hammam    At Low Tide    The Lily Fairy    Bathsheba    Day And The Dawnstar    Mischief And Repose