Blog 2: Research statement and annotated bibliography

I researched Neoclassicism design movement. An artistic style, which originated in Rome in the mid 18^th century. I was looking for texts that would help me understand Neoclassicism better so that I could begin to generate some of my own thoughts on the movement.

1. Irwin, D. (1997). Neoclassicism. London: Phaidon Press

In this book David Irwin gives us an understanding of the richness and variety of the movement and adopts all manifestations of Neoclassicism. This book gives you a wider understanding of the neoclassical period and the survival of the style beyond 1830 up to the present.

2. Brumfield, WC. (1989, December 1^st).  Antimodernism and the neoclassical revival in Russian architecture, 1906-1916. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 48(4), 371

In 1906-1916 Russian Architecture was against modernism and Neoclassicism made a revival. Brumfield draws to our attention in this journal that neoclassical architecture became the last hope for a reconciliation of contemporary architecture with cultural values that the Russian style could agree to. From this I can take away that Neoclassicism wasn’t a style happily adapted by everyone at first.

3.  Jones, T.B., & Nicol, B. deB. (Eds.). (1976). Neo-classical dramatic criticism, 1560-1770 . New York: Cambridge University Press

This book was originally published in 1976. It is an interpretation of various thoughts from major neoclassical critics in Italy, France and England during the period 1560-1770. The book attempts to put a selection of early European dramatic criticism in a fresh context. This book has given me valuable thoughts and opinions, which I can use as supporting detail when writing on Neoclassicism for design.

4. NeoClassic. (2009, June 21st). Characteristics of Neoclassical Architecture (article).  Retrieved from http://www.neoclassic.com

In this article they call Neoclassicism a ‘timeless movement’ and say that even the inexperienced and naïve of the world of architecture would be capable of defining the neoclassical movement. After reading a detailed description of what Neoclassicism is and the characteristics that the style holds in this article. I now have knowledge that I understand and use can when comparing the neoclassical style with another such as French rococo.

5. Admin. (2009, September 26Th.). Pantheon Paris photo_1. Retrieved from http://www.pantheonparis.com

                                                                                                                                   

This image is a photo of the inside of the Pantheon Paris. It is an early example of Neoclassicism, with a façade modeled after the Pantheon in Rome.  This image provides me with another example of Neoclassicism, which I can use to compare with the Pantheon in Rome as well as other styles of art that we look at during the design course.