NEOCLASSICAL TRUTH WITHOUT FLATTERY

The woman in this 1836 portrait is a Madrid aristocrat, Señora Delicado de Imaz. This woman is of an age and affluence where she is not interested in being painted as an object of desire, but as a woman of elevated society and enlightenment. She is a woman for whom wealth and power are more important than beauty and frivolity.

* Report by Karla Ingleton Darocas, Hons. B. A.  (KarlaDarocas.com)

THE EVOLUTION OF SPANISH NEOCLASSICAL ARTISTS & PAINTINGS * tba

IN THIS LECTURE we will look at the visual development of the neoclassical style of painting in Spain from the mid-18th to the early 19th century. We will look at the most important painters of this period and their defining works. We will also examine the elements that characterise Spanish Neoclassicism as an academic standard that would prevail into the modern era.