Classical history and mythology provided a large part of the subject matter of Neoclassical works.
During a performance at the Rose Theater on Thursday that opened the fall season of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, members of the group conveyed the subtle emotional shadings that hover beneath the crystalline veneer of Stravinsky's lithe Neoclassical work.
An important early Neoclassical work such as Mengs's "Parnassus" (1761; Villa Albani, Rome) owes much of its inspiration to 17th-century classicism and to Raphael for both the poses of its figures and its general composition.
The former, a Neoclassical work, reinterprets in Stravinsky's language the thematic construction and sonata form of the Classical era.
After a two-year sojourn in Italy from 1786 to 1788, he published his first Neoclassical work, the drama Iphigenie auf Tauris (1779 87; Iphigenie in Tauris), which reflects his reading of the great Greek dramas, specifically of Euripides' Iphigeneia en Taurois.
This larger-than-life-size Neoclassical work, cast in 1803 in a size not equaled in the art of the colonial period, conveys the command and benevolence of the king, who looks like the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius in his toga.
Its rep consists of a mix of story-book classics, neoclassical works — with a strong foundation in Balanchine — and contemporary ballets.
While dance for dance's sake is not new in ballet, neoclassical works, such as Millepied's, typically make the body an instrument of the music.
The main Danish painter who produced original Neoclassical works was Nicolai Abraham Abildgaard.
Gestures and emotions in Neoclassical works are usually restrained to give priority to calm grandeur, spiritual nobility, and beauty.
