Classicist and academinc painting. Landscapes

So, here is the final verdict on your preferences in art:

Style: classicism, academism

Genre: landscape

How can you tell an impressionist landscape from a classicist one? Well, for starters, artists representing different styles see the reality in different ways. Whether you are a realist, a romanticist or a classicist, you have your unique perspective and in your mind’s eye you transform the reality to fit your principles.

In many cases artists do not even pursue the idea to depict nature – they just use this subject as a medium to get some abstract idea across to the viewer. The pursuit is what makes a difference between classicists and, say, romanticists. A romantic landscape will be a dynamic piece, passionately conveying violent emotions, the stand, the war of the elements, the struggle between the man and the world, the nature and civilization, civilization and the time. Just remember what comes to mind when you look at a piece by I. Aivazovsky. As for classicist paintings, the landscapes are luminant with the grand and monumental pathos. Nature is portrayed as the testament to the cosmic purpose, the medium for grasping the power of creation. The rigid rationality, the unaffected solemnity, the static quality are all characteristic of a classicist landscape.

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A person who chooses the landscapes of this style strives for order and stability, he is driven by reason and never relies on emotions. He is quite conservative that allows him to value the spiritual and cultural legacy of the humanity. He views himself as a link in the chain of generations, the one that will pass the values of his people, the country or the community to the generations to come. And this is mirrored in his activity – each step he takes is sized up based on the value for the society and regardless of the income or personal benefits it suggests, which makes this person a tremendous teacher or a psychologist. In everyday life it is a highly accurate, strict and somewhat difficult fellow to live with; he has a compulsion to provide feedback and motivate people to learn and grow. He won’t put up with any manifestation of laziness or self-pity – which is lucky, since loafers and immature people just automatically lift right out of his life.

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Maitres: Claude Lorrain, Nicolas Poussin, Gaspard Dughet (France), Richard Wilson (Great Britain), F.M. Matveyev (Russia).

Modern artists: classicism and academism developed in XVII – XIX; today few artists follow these aesthetic principles to the letter.

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