Interior of the Pantheon, Rome

Neoclassicism

Rome, antiquity and the Grand Tour

Ruins, theory and the new classical style, about 1734–1793

Rome was where visitors, scholars and artists met the ancient world at first hand; what they saw and bought there reshaped painting, sculpture and building.

  • Views and prints of the ancient city
  • Portraits of visitors and scholars
  • Ancient stories retold for modern viewers
  • Marble made modern
  • Drawing and design cut to essentials
Grand Tour
the long journey through France and Italy, with Rome as its goal, that wealthy young men made to finish their education.

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