ROCOCO The Art of the Enlightenment. Historical Background 1700s (Reign of Louis XV) Reaction of nobility against classical baroque imposed at Versailles.

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ROCOCO The Art of the Enlightenment

Historical Background 1700s (Reign of Louis XV) Reaction of nobility against classical baroque imposed at Versailles Power and fashion centered at court of Regent, Philippe d’Orleáns, at Palais-Royal Idealized life of aristocracy

Meaning of “rococo” Rocaille Stones Coquille Shells Interest in irregular shapes in nature

Artistic Style Soft pastels Ornate details Delicate Wispy brushstrokes

Themes Fantasy & wistful nostalgia Love & ….. Domestic & family life

FRANCE

Jean-Antoine Watteau

Departure for Cythera

Do You Want to Succeed with Women?

Faux pas

Francois Boucher

Marquise de Pompadour

Juno Asking Aeolus to Release the Winds

Leda and the Swan

Nude on a Sofa

Jean-Honore Fragonard

Young Girl Reading

The Swing

The Love Letter

The Lover Crowned

The Meeting

The Stolen Kiss

ENGLAND

William Hogarth

Gin Lane

Beer Street

After Before

Marriage a la Mode

1—The Marriage Settlement

2—The Tete a Tete

3—The Inspection

4—The Toilette

5—The Bagnio

6—The Lady’s Death

Sir Joshua Reynolds

Portrait of Miss Anna Ward with Her Dog

The Children of Edward Hollen Cruttenden

Thomas Gainesborough

Mr. And Mrs. Andrews

Blue Boy

Mrs. Philip Thicknesse

George Stubbs (1724–1806)

Whistlejacket (10 ft × 8 ft)

Lord Grosvenor’s Arabian Stallion, with a Groom

GERMANY

PAINTING

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Apollo and the Continents

Coronation of the Virgin

ARCHITECTURE

Characteristics Elegant, lavish rooms Assymetric Biaxial space Curves and countercurves Adds elaborate, arbitrary ornamentation which sometimes blurred transitions

Characteristics Pastel colors White and gold emphasized Appears weightless Fragmented Mirrors

Characteristics Complex compositional geometry

Palaces

Versailles, Hall of Mirrors Marie Antoinette’s theater

Versailles, Temple of Love Versailles, Marie Antoinette’s hameau

Wurzburg Residenz, staircase

Wurzburg Residenz, Imperial Hall

Wurzburg Residenz, Chapel

Wurzburg Residenz, Mirror cabinet

The Amalienburg, Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany

Amalienburg, Entrance from back

Amalienburg, Gun and dog room

Amalienburg, To the bedroom

Amalienburg, bedroom

Amalienburg, Hall of Mirrors

Amalienburg, To the pheasant room Amalienburg, Back toward the bedroom

Amalienburg, pheasant room

Amalienburg, kitchen

Amalienburg, kitchen tiles

Churches

Vierzehnheilgen, pilgrimage church

Steingaden church

Dresden, Frauenkirche, interior

Weis, pilgrimage church, altar Weis, Pilgrimage Church

Rococo Furniture

Rococo Hairdos “Portrait of a Lady in Blue” Thomas Gainsborough

ROCOCO The Art of the Enlightenment Eventually replaced by Neo-Classicism …artistic style of French Revolution and American War for Independence

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