A top of that the syllabus needs substantial reform to move away from defunct neoclassicism much earlier. Much of the later syllabus of economics degrees is great - but many people never study it!
2/8 Designed by Allen H. Stem and Charles A. Reed, who had just completed Grand Central Terminal in New York, the SPAC is a 13-story confection of Renaissance Revival, Beaux Arts, and Neoclassicism. It was mostly complete by 1916, the owners offering it as a hospital during WWI.
Architect of the temple of France: Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French pioneer of Neoclassicism, died #OTD#Panthéon. Portrait by Louis-Michel van Loo, 1767 @MuseeLouvre
Yes, the Renaissance was exactly what the term says it was - ‘rebirth’ (re-naissance). That’s when European artists moved from serving only the church to recreating the ideals of Greek and Roman art. Then, Neoclassicism - 1870s had a lot of that, spurred by discoveries at Pompeii.
French champion of Neoclassicism: le Comte d’Angiviller, last Directeur Générale des Bâtiments du Roi, commissioned, conserved & projected great works during reign of Louis XVI; painted in 1763 by Jean-Baptiste Greuze, born #OTD 1725. @metmuseum
Founded in 753 BC according to Roman mythology, the Eternal City was the capital of the Roman Empire, a major center of the Italian Renaissance, and the birthplace of Neoclassicism and the Baroque style.
