Category: ne0-classical

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Zac Henderson

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Zac Henderson is a semi-nomadic photographic artist currently based in Auburn, Alabama.His love of science settled on magnetism, calling his photo series “Dark Matter.”To create his “sculptures,” Henderson suspends ceramic magnets on fishing line then exposes them to iron fillings.The iron takes shape based on the surrounding magnetic field, and can also be manipulated by hand to alter the sculpture.By exposing iron filings to an invisible magnetic field, the work imagines dark matter particles and their interactions with normal matter through gravity, as seen from a higher dimension, or bulk, in which both are visible.The images were made in his home studio, and since each sculpture is about eight inches tall, the images require focus stacking of as many as 30 to 40 images.The resulting forms are dynamic, abstract sculptures that celebrate the wonders of the known and unknowable forms of nature.

More of Zac Henderson‘s amazing photography can be seen at https://www.zachenderson.com/. 

 

 

 

Sunday Evening Art Gallery — Jacques-Louis David

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Jacques-Louis David  (1748 – 1825), considered to be the preeminent painter of the era, was a French painter in the Neoclassical style.

Napoleon Crossing the Alps

 

As the premier painter of his day, David served the monarchy of Louis XVI, the post-revolutionary government, and the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, despite the radical differences in these ruling regimes.

Antiochus and Stratonica

 

David’s style of historical painting helped end the frivolity of the Rococo period, moving art back to the realm of classical austerity.

Portrait de Marie-Joséphine Buron

 

Adopting the fashionable Greco-Roman style, the artist blended antique subjects with Enlightenment philosophy to create moral exemplars.

The Anger of Achilles

 

His linear forms dramatically illustrated narratives that often mirrored contemporary politics.

David Self-Portrait

 

David’s earliest successes were iconic images of valor and noble deeds, commissioned by royal and aristocratic patrons, who adopted the classical style as the latest trend. 

Madame Récamier

 

He also ran an important studio where his students would later rebel against his example, sowing the seeds of modernism.

Napoleon Bonaparte in his Study at the Tuileries

 

The quintessential Neoclassical painter, David’s monumental canvases were perhaps the final triumph of traditional history painting.

Portrait of Madame Charles-Pierre Pecoul, nee Potain

 

More of  Jacques-Louis David‘s exquisite paintings   can be found at https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1212.html and https://www.biography.com/artist/jacques-louis-david.