rococo and the 18 th century …begins in france and spreads through europe
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Rococo and the
18th Century
…begins in France and spreads through Europe
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Rococo The Age of Enlightenment
- reasoning and intellect
It continued to be a time of great advancements
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The Age of Enlightenment
–Mozart, Bach, and Vivaldi revolutionized
music–Technology: the Industrial Revolution
– Giant steps in science– The New World was expanding
– Swift and Voltaire influenced
literature, philosophy, and satire.
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RococoFrom
dramatic & regal
Baroque
to delicate
& playful Rococo
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RococoPretty pastel
colors
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Rococo• often portrays aristocracy in frivolous, exotic, fantasy worlds.
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Rococo
fun and lighthearted.•Art made to entertain
the higher class.
“…let them eat cake” attitude of the rich
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Rococo•elaborate ornamentation
François de Cuvilles, Hall of MirrorsMunich, Germany, early 18th century
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Antoine Watteau• Leading Rococo painter.• Born in Flanders, lived in France.• Influenced by Rubens.
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Rococo
Fete Galante18th century French style of
painting that depicts the aristocracy walking through a forested
landscape
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Watteau• Famous for fetes galantes, festive
gatherings of aristocrats relaxing and enjoying life.
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Antoine Watteau Return from Cythera,1720; 4’x6’
a group of lovers preparing to depart from the island of eternal youth and love, sacred to
Aphrodite.
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Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717.
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Watteau• Gilles, oil on
canvas. Depicts a lonely actor in costume but with nowhere to go. He is contradicted by happy people conversing behind him.
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Francois Boucher, Cupid a Captive, 1754
Boucher was a follower of Watteau
Rococo
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Boucher• Was also
influenced by Rubens.
• Venus Consoling Love, 1751, oil on canvas.
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Boucher• Depicts Venus
consoling a fussy Cupid. Two other Cupids watch. The use of pinks, blonde hair, and silky textures give this a cheerful feeling.
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Boucher, Marquise de
Pompadour, 1756.
Rococo
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Fragonard• The Swing,
1766; 35”x32”. Oil on canvas. Frilly patterns- branches/dress=lively feeling
• A student of Boucher
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Fragonard, The Swing, 35”x32” 1766
Fragonard was a student of Boucher
Rococo
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Rigaud• Focuses on King
Louis XIV’s power.
• elaborate • showy
Louis XIV, 1701; 9’x8’. Oil on canvas.
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William Hogarth, Self-Portrait with Pug-Dog. 1745.
English
William Hogarth was a major English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist. Much of his work, though at times vicious, poked fun at contemporary politics and customs.
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William Hogarth, Self-Portrait with Pug-Dog. 1745.
EnglishHogarth was very popular in his day.He made $ from his prints so he didn’t have to be worried about upsetting his patrons with his biting wit.
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EnglishHogarth was influenced by Flemish and Dutch genre paintings.
He enjoys poking fun at the upper-class
Hidden messages
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Hogarth• Time
Smoking a Picture, 1761, etching.
• Picture in a picture.
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• Father Time “smokes” a painting onto a canvas. Smoke is used to make the painting older than it really is, a way of fraudulently increasing its value. Hogarth shows his opposition to art for profit’s sake.
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William Hogarth, A Rake’s Progress (etching), 1735.
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Hogarth, from Marriage a la Mode, 1745
He tells stories through series of paintings
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Hogarth, from Marriage a la Mode, 1743.
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Miss Elizabeth Ingram.
1757.
Sir Joshua Reynolds
the most important 18th century English painter, specializing in portraits and promoting the "Grand Style" in painting which depended on idealization of the imperfect.
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Reynolds Portrait Of Richard Peers Symons1770.
English
Reynolds•An intellectual- wrote
on Art Theory•2,000 portraits•Painter for King George III
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Thomas Gainsborough,
Mrs. Richard Brinsley, 1787.
reminiscent of Watteau in its soft-hued light and feathery brushwork.
EnglishGainsborough
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• English portrait painter- over 700 exist.
• Likes to set his portraits in landscape.
• Shiny, silky textures• Filtered light
Gainsborough
Blue Boy, 1770.
Oil on canvas
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Gainsborough• English, painted nature & portraits
Mr. & Mrs. Andrews, Oil on canvas; 1750
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Reynolds Gainsborough
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Architecture• Before Rococo architecture,
buildings were very geometric..• More curves and ovals• Interiors are designed to be ornate and “frilly.”
• Ceilings and walls are usually gilded with gold.
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Rococo ArchitectureNo straight lines in Rococo.
Architecture as sculpture
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Boffrand, Salon de la Princesse
Paris, France,1740Rococo
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Poppelmann• Zwinger,
Dresden, Germany, 1720. design was based on Vitruvian proportions. Some Classical elements
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Zimmermann• Wieskirche, Germany 1750. A
pilgrimage church with a plain exterior but elaborate interior.
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Zimmermann• Wieskirche, Bovaria. The ceiling’s
painted surfaces merge with the architecture in an illusionistic way.
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The Chiswick House, near London 1725
The Chiswick House is one of the most glorious examples of 18th century
British neo-Palladian architecture. Richard Boyle designed a Classical villa.
English
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Palladio, Villa Rotonda, 1570.
High Italian RenaissancePalladio
dominated the architectural style of the 1700’s
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Palladio, Villa Rotonda, 1570.
High Italian Renaissance
Palladio wrote The Four Books of Architecture that would greatly influence American colonies later.
Villa Rotonda includes Roman and Etruscan influence
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PalladioVilla Rotonda, 1570.Italian High Renaissance
Richard Boyle (Lord Burlington)Chiswick House, c1729.ENGLISH
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•Rococo gave way to The Neoclassical Style late in the 18th century.•The Rococo Style disappeared after the French Revolution in 1789.•still some remains of Rococo influence in architecture, especially Churches and palaces.
Effects of the Rococo Period
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•The Neoclassical style of the next generation
thought that the Rococo style was decadent and
amoral…