ARTIST TALK:

“The Bold and the Beautiful: A Survey of the Neoclassic and Romantic Movements”

This talk is free and open to the public.

Thursday, March 19
7:15 PM - 8:00 PM

18th- and 19th-century Europe were captivated by two competing artistic movements:

Neoclassicism and Romanticism. Neoclassic art inspired by the ancient world was undeniably en vogue for most

of the 18th century, dominating every salon and private home throughout Europe. At the close of the century,

Neoclassicism was met with a reactionary artistic movement: Romanticism. With shocking imagery and an

emotionality previously unexamined in European visual art, Romanticism was the polar opposite of

Neoclassicism. Join Elizabeth Cruickshanks as she examines these two artistic movements and the fascinating

hold they had on the European public.

Elizabeth Cruickshanks is an art historian who previously served as the Coordinator of the VMFA’s Fellowship Program. She received her BA in art history from the University of Virginia and her MA in the history of art and architecture from the University of Virginia, with a concentration in the art of 18th- and 19th-century Europe.

This program has been organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and is funded, in part, by the Paul Mellon Endowment and the Jean Stafford Camp Memorial Fund.