Monday Morning Museum: Classicism

Classicism – In Britain from the Mid-to-Late Nineteenth Century

Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. The art of classicism typically seeks to be formal and restrained. – Wikipedia.org

In addition to Lord Frederic Leighton (see art example below), other notables of Classicism are Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Sir Edward John Poynter and Sir William Ernest Reynolds-Stephens.

Winding the Skein, circa 1878 by Lord Frederic Leighton (1830-1896)

Last Monday’s Art – Camden Town Group
Next Monday’s Art – Contemporary Realism

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