1. The Art of the Enlightenment
ROCOCO
The Art of the Enlightenment

2. 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

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

4. Artistic Style
Soft pastels
Ornate details
Delicate
Wispy brushstrokes

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

6. FRANCE

7. Jean-Antoine Watteau

8. Departure from Cythera

9. Do You Want to Succeed with Women?

10. Faux pas

11. Francois Boucher

12. Marquise de Pompadour

13. Juno Asking Aeolus to Release the Winds

14. Jean-Honore Fragonard

15. Young Girl Reading

16. The Swing

17. The Love Letter

18. The Meeting

19. The Stolen Kiss

20. ENGLAND

21. William Hogarth

22. Gin Lane

23. Beer Street

24. Before
After

25. Marriage a la Mode

26. 1—The Marriage Settlement

27. 2—The Tete a Tete

28. 3—The Inspection

29. 4—The Toilette

30. 5—The Bagnio

31. 6—The Lady’s Death

32. Sir Joshua Reynolds

33. Portrait of Miss Anna Ward with Her Dog

34. The Children of Edward Hollen Cruttenden

35. Thomas Gainesborough

36. Mr. And Mrs. Andrews

37. Blue Boy

38. Mrs. Philip Thicknesse

39. George Stubbs
(1724–1806)

40. Whistlejacket
(10 ft × 8 ft)

41. Lord Grosvenor’s Arabian Stallion, with a Groom

42. GERMANY

43. PAINTING

44. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

45. Apollo and the Continents

46. ARCHITECTURE

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

48. Characteristics Pastel colors Appears weightless Fragmented Mirrors
White and gold emphasized
Appears weightless
Fragmented
Mirrors

49. Characteristics
Complex compositional geometry

50. Palaces

51. Versailles, Hall of Mirrors
Marie Antoinette’s theater

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

53. Wurzburg Residenz, staircase

54. Wurzburg Residenz, Imperial Hall

55. Wurzburg Residenz, Chapel

56. Wurzburg Residenz, Mirror cabinet

57. The Amalienburg, Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany

59. Amalienburg, Entrance from back

61. Amalienburg, Gun and dog room

63. Amalienburg, To the bedroom

64. Amalienburg, bedroom

66. Amalienburg, Hall of Mirrors

67. Amalienburg, Hall of Mirrors

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

70. Amalienburg, pheasant room

72. Amalienburg, kitchen

73. Amalienburg, kitchen tiles

74. Churches

75. Vierzehnheilgen, pilgrimage church

76. Steingaden church

77. Dresden, Frauenkirche, interior

78. Weis, Pilgrimage Church
Weis, pilgrimage church, altar
Weis, Pilgrimage Church

79. Rococo Decorative Arts

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

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