Rococo & Neoclassical Painting Anna Han Charlotte Liu Mary Chen Peggy Hsu

Outline Baroque  Rococo  Neoclassical (17~18 th ) (18 th ) (18~20 th ) Rococo Painting Neoclassical Painting Rococo V.S Neoclassical

Rococo Painting 18 th century Subject of Painting: Gallant country parties, ladies, love and romance, carefree life of the aristocracy Style of painting: swift, smooth,playful lining delicate coloring, graceful movement

Antoine Watteau A French Painter Painting theatrical scenes “fetes galantes”

Departure from the of Cythera, 1717

The French Theater 1714Oil on canvas, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

Pierrot, also know as Gilles 1721, Oil on canvas. Louvre, Paris.

Fran ç ois Boucher A French painter Pastoral and mythological scenes Frivolity and Sensuousness Plump, pink nudes

Venus Consoling Love Oil on canvas National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

The Toilette of Venus, Oil on Canvas, 1751 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Interrupted Sleep Oil on canvas, 1750 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Marie-Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Leburn Refined Portraits French female artist Affected by Ruben and vanDyck Tribute to European fashion industry

Marie Antoinette, 1788 Oil on canvas, Musee de Verasilles. Giraudon/Art Resource, New York

Marie Anoinette Oil on canvas, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Marie Antoinette at Versailles – 1783 Oil on canvas, at Versailles.

Portrait of a Young Woman Oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA

Jean-Honore Fragonard French painter Courtship and romantic love Sensuous abandon sipirt

The Swing 1768, Oil on Canvas, the Wallace Collection, London

The Confession of Love 1771, Oil on canvas, Frick Collection, New York

The Stolen Kiss, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg

Neoclassicism Between 18 th and 20 th centuries A self-conscious revival of Greco-Roman culture Synthesize the tradition anew in each work

Jacques-Louis David A French artist Pioneer of Neoclassicism Influential paintings -- The Oath of the Horatii, The Death of Socrates, 1787

Rome Alba Horatii FamilyCuriatii Family Camilla Sabina Engaged! Married!!

Doric arcade The Oath of the Horatii, 1784 golden light

Straight, hard-edged shapes Horizontal lines Somber colors Precise, realistic spear

The Death of Socrates, 1787 hemlock Socrates Plato Socrates’ wife Crito

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780~1867) Son of an artist-craftman A fellow student of Gros in David's studio Admire “Raphael, his century, the ancients, and above all the divine Greeks.” Famous for polished depictions of history and mythology with accomplished portraits Self-portrait at age 24, 1804 Musée Condé.

Works Portraits of middle- and upper-class patrons Large works: The Apotheosis of Homer The Martyrdom of St Symphorian The Apotheosis of HomerThe Martyrdom of St Symphorian Bathers— especially women

Madame Rivière, Madame Moitessier,1851 Portret Francois-Marius Granet Portret Joseph-Antoinea Moltedo Portret Madame Cave Portret Rzeźbiarza Lorenzo Bartolini

The Apotheosis of Homer

The Martyrdom of St Symphorian

La grande odalisque, 1814, Louvre.

The Valpincon Bather,1808 The Turkish bath, 1862

Angelica Kauffmann (1741~1807) Swish female artist Member of England’s Royal Academic of Art Skilled painter of historical events

Miranda and Ferdinand in The Tempest, 1782.

Venus convinces Helen to go with Paris, 1790.

Rococo V.S Neoclassical RococoNeoclassical Time18 th century (1700~1750)18 th ~ 20 th century SubjectAristocratic luxurious lives Historical and religious events StylePlayful lining Free movement Delicate color Linear lining Expressive contour