Essay - Neoclassical Response the Balance, Order, and Restraint that are Characteristic...

Neoclassical Response

The balance, order, and restraint that are characteristic of both neoclassical architecture and music reflect the era's belief in ***** ability of humankind to achieve a st*****ndard ***** perfection by obeying the natural rules of the universe. The world was governed ***** natural laws, and if there ***** a God, according ***** the Deist beliefs popular at the time, God had created ***** mechanisms within the creation so that ***** world would work perfectly, like clockwork. ***** greatness of humankind and the human mind ra*****r than the fallen nature of the human spirit were the proud message of neoclassical art, in contrast to the medieval spirit. The creation ***** ***** world was a rational work of perfection and balance, and *****ists attempted to recreate this in places of worship, ***** masses, ***** secular buildings that were temples ***** justice. Even sacred works, like Mozart's masses, showed a tremendous confidence in the ability of human beings to establish a sense of order th*****t reflected the goodness ***** *****, and thus showed a strong *****istic ***** ***** a democr*****tic belief in ***** individual that is seen in the architecture of Washington D.C, to this day. In politics, architecture, and art old forms such as Greek and Roman democracy and republicanism, domed structures, and oper***** were recreated in new ways during the