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Rococo Art & Architecture c. 1715 - 1774

“Rococo Art was as decorative and nonfunctional as the effete aristocracy that embraced it.”

Light, elaborate, decorative style. Centered in France & associated with Louis XV. Pastels, non-serious subject matter. A backlash to the darkness of the Baroque --> less formal & grandiose. Often portrays the lifestyle of the nobility. “Fete galante” Eventually replaced by Neo-Classicism, the artistic style of the American & French Revolutions.

Louis XV

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

“Pilgrimage to Cythera”

“The Pleasures of the Ball”

“The Pleasures of Life”

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Swing

The See-Saw Fragonard

From “The Progress of Love”, “The Stolen Kiss”

From “The Progress of Love” “Love Crowned”

ENTRY #40 For each of the following pieces, tell whether it is an example of Mannerism, Baroque, or Rococo art/architecture and WHY. C. B. A.

ENTRY # 40 B. El Greco - Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple A. Ruebens - The Birth of the Dauphin at Fountainebleau Boucher-La Toilette

François Boucher

“La Toilette”

“The Marquis de Pompadour”

“Leda and the Swan”

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842)

Madam du Barry

Marie Antoinette

The English Rococo Portraiturists

“Blue Boy” & “Pinkie” Thomas Gainsborough

“Portrait of a Lady in Blue” Thomas Gainsborough Late 1770s

“Mary, Countess Howe” Thomas Gainsborough Late 1760

Rococo Interiors

Sans Souci, Frederick the Great’s Palace in Potsdam Germany

Sans Souci, Frederick’s Music Room

Rococo Room,Frick Museum

Arts & Sciences Boucher

The Fragonard Room, Frick Museum

Cuvillies, Mirror Room (1739) (Vs. Baroque Versailles Hall of Mirrors)

Rococo Chairs