THE SEASONS OF THE YEAR. EQUINOXES AND SOLSTICES.

A/ Twice a year the solar rays fall perpendicular to the Equator:

22ne-23rd September. The northern hemisphere gets less sunlight (Autumn Equinox) and the southern hemisphere gets more (Spring Equinox).

20th-21st March. The northern hemisphere gets more sunlight (Spring Equinox) and the southern hemisphere gets less. (Autumn Equinox)

B/ Twice a  year the solar rays fall perpendicular to the Tropics:

21st June. The northern hemisphere gets full sunlight. (Summer solstice).

The southern hemisphere gets very little sunlight. (Winter solstice).

21st December. The northern hemisphere gets very little sunlight. (Winter solstice). The southern hemisphere gets full sunlight (Summer solstice).

*Aphelion: The longest distance between the Earth and the sun. (4th June)

*Periphelion: The shortest distance between the Earth and the sun. (3rd January).

Neoclassical Painting.

Jacques Louis David. Self-portrait.

The oath of the Horatii.

The lictors carry Brutus his son´s corpse.

The Oath at the "Ball Game".

Death of Marat.

The rape of the sabine women.

Anton Raphael Mengs. Self-portrait.

The flagellation of Christ.

Trajan´s apotheosis. Royal Palace. Madrid.

Neoclassical Sculpture

Antonio Canova.

Psyche revived by the kiss of Love.

The three graces.

Venus victorious. Portrait of Pauline Bonaparte.

Apollo crowing himself.

Orpheus

Portrait of Pius VII

La Cibeles fountain. Designed by Ventura Rodríguez. 

Monument to the Defence of Zaragoza. Prado Museum. José Álvarez Cubero. (Madrid)

Neoclassical Architecture

San Fernando Academy of Arts. (Madrid)

Pantheon. (Paris)

British Museum. London.

Brandenburg Gate. Berlin

Alcalá Gate. Sabatini (Madrid)

Prado Museum. Juan de Villanueva. (Madrid)

Astronomical Observatory. Juan de Villanueva. (Madrid)