Neoclassicism or “New Classicism ” Part Two

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Neoclassicism or “New Classicism” Part Two

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Neoclassicism or “New Classicism ” Part Two . Death of Marat and The Oath of the Horati. Chiswick House William Kent. Cupid and Psyche Antonio Canova. Gardens at Versailles. Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Neoclassicism or “New Classicism”

Part Two

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Death of Marat and The Oath of the Horati

Cupid and Psyche Antonio Canova

Chiswick House William Kent

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Gardens at Versailles

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Bust of Thomas Jefferson Jean-Antoine Houdan

Monticello, home of Thomas Jefferson

U.S. Capitol Building

The Death of General Wolfe Benjamin West

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In AmericaColonists were reading Locke,Pope, Swift, and other British

writers

Influenced Thomas Jefferson,Benjamin Franklin, and other founding fathers

Ideas influencing the Declaration of Independence:

The right to life, liberty, andproperty—Locke The language was changed to“pursuit of happiness” because ofcontentions over slaves as“property,” a concept deemed

offensive by some.