Italian Neoclassicism centered on Rome (1750–1830)

1. Villa Albani becomes a major antiquarian center

   Jan 1, 1747Labels: Villa Albani, Alessandro Albani

   • Britannica
   • Villa Albani

2. Pompeii discoveries reshape taste for antiquity

   Jan 1, 1748Labels: Pompeii, Vesuvius excavations

   • Britannica

3. Winckelmann arrives in Rome and studies antiquities

   Nov 1, 1755Labels: Johann Winckelmann, Rome

   • Winckelmann

4. Piranesi publishes "Le Antichità Romane"

   Jan 1, 1756Labels: Giovanni Piranesi, Le Antichit

   • Met
   • NGA

5. Mengs paints "Parnassus" at Villa Albani

   Jan 1, 1761Labels: Anton Mengs, Villa Albani

   • Artsy
   • Villa Albani

6. Winckelmann publishes "History of the Art of Antiquity"

   Jan 1, 1764Labels: Winckelmann, History of

   • Britannica
   • BMCR

7. Canova settles in Rome and begins major commissions

   Dec 28, 1780Labels: Antonio Canova, Rome

   • Canova

8. Canova completes "Theseus and the Minotaur"

   Jan 1, 1782Labels: Theseus and, Antonio Canova

   • V A via
   • Canova

9. David paints "Oath of the Horatii" in Rome

   Jan 1, 1784Labels: Jacques-Louis David, Oath of

   • Smarthistory

10. Treaty of Tolentino forces Papal art concessions

    Feb 19, 1797Labels: Treaty of, Papal States

    • Tolentino

11. Roman Republic proclaimed under French occupation

    Feb 15, 1798Labels: Roman Republic, French occupation

    • Britannica

12. French Academy relocates to Villa Medici

    Jan 1, 1803Labels: French Academy, Villa Medici

    • Villa Medici
    • Villa story

13. Chiaramonti Museum founded and arranged with Canova

    Jan 1, 1807Labels: Chiaramonti Museum, Pius VII

    • Chiaramonti
    • Vatican

14. Canova completes "Paolina Borghese as Venus Victrix"

    Jan 1, 1808Labels: Paolina Borghese, Canova

    • Borghese

15. Canova becomes Prince of the Accademia di San Luca

    Jan 1, 1810Labels: Accademia di, Canova

    • San Luca

16. Valadier redesigns Piazza del Popolo in Neoclassical style

    Jan 1, 1811Labels: Giuseppe Valadier, Piazza del

    • Piazza
    • Columbia

17. Canova helps recover artworks after the Napoleonic era

    Jan 1, 1815Labels: Canova, art repatriation

    • Vatican

18. Canova’s death marks a turning point in Roman Neoclassicism

    Oct 13, 1822Labels: Antonio Canova

    • Canova
    • San Luca