Rococo Art The German Baroque Rococo in England
Rococo Art
rocaille = literally French for pebble, refers to small stones and shells used in rococo décor barocco = Italian for baroque; possibly from Portuguese noun refering to a pearl of not round but of round or unpredictable shape French aristocracy now at Europe’s cultural center
Rococo Art Mood: playful superficial, alive with energy Interior décor: gilded woodwork, painted panels, enormous wall mirrors Shapes: sinuous s- and c-curves, arabesques, ribbonlike scrolls Style: light, graceful, delicate Colors: white, silver, gold, light pinks, blues, greens La grace et le gout
Watteau, L’Indifferent, 1716
fete galante rich outdoor party in a pastoral, paradise-like setting
Watteau, Return from Cythera,
Fragonard, The Swing, 1766
Vigee-Lebrun, Self Portrait, 1790
De Cuvillies, the Amalienburg, early 18 th Century, Munich, Germany
Neumann, Church of the Fourteen Saints, , Staffelstein, Germany
German Baroque
Tiepolo, Apotheosis of the Pisani Family,
Asam, Assumption of the Virgin, 1723, Rohr, Germany
Rococo in England lampooned and embraced
Hogarth, The Marriage Contract from Marriage a la Mode, 1745
Hogarth, Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode, 1745
Gainsborough, Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1787
Gainsborough, Blue Boy, 1770 (at Huntington Library in San Marino)
Reynolds, Lord Heathfield, 1787