Musical Style and Artistic Features of Classical Opera

There have been three climaxes in the study of classical art in European history: the first was the Renaissance, the second was17th century, and the third was1late 8th century and early 9th century. The study of classical art in the Renaissance is mainly manifested in humanism, and its principle is to emphasize rationality and order. Painters devote themselves to the study of perspective and human anatomy in painting, and express their "schema" with rational aesthetic interest. Raphael's works, in particular, are regarded as models by later classical artists because of their classical balance and solemnity. Although the Italian Renaissance established the basic principles of classical art, strictly speaking, the real development of classicism was in the17th century, which was a literary trend of thought initiated by Louis XIV of France. Louis XIV was a glorious period in French history, and the king had supreme power, which pushed the absolute monarchy to a climax. The political environment gave birth to the palace culture and the classicism cultural trend of thought, which provided the foundation for autocratic monarchy from the ideological and moral level. The rules, order, balance and elegance advocated by classicism are organically integrated with the sacredness, loftiness, hierarchical order and majesty of kings advocated by the autocratic monarchy system.

The last peak of classical painting was from the end of 18 to the beginning of 19, and classicism at this stage was closely related to the political and social background at that time. /kloc-the second half of the 0/8th century was a period when the French feudal monarchy became increasingly corrupt and the bourgeoisie became increasingly powerful. In order to win the revolution, the bourgeoisie held high the banner of anti-feudalism and anti-religious theocracy in the ideological field, and called on and organized the masses to devote themselves to the bourgeois revolution. In order to achieve complete victory in this revolutionary struggle, we must first inject into people's minds the virtue and courage of dying for the revolution, that is, the heroism of fighting for * * * and the country. So the heroes of ancient Greece and Rome became the idols worshipped by the bourgeoisie. In this historical environment, neoclassicism and ancient heroism, which draw lessons from ancient art forms, came into being.

Neoclassical art has produced many masters, such as David, Gé rard, Madame lebrun, Gro and Angel, among which David and Angel are the most representative. David is the purest expression of French neoclassicism; David's student angel pushed neoclassicism to the peak. Neoclassical art is a turning point from David to angel, and its content has changed from revolutionary events related to the times to myths divorced from reality and pure artistic expressions. From strict classicism to classicism with gorgeous oriental color in form.