1. Rococo Art The German Baroque Rococo in England

2. Rococo Art

4. 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

5. 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

7. Watteau, L’Indifferent, 1716

8. fete galante rich outdoor party in a pastoral, paradise-like setting

9. Watteau, Return from Cythera, 1717-1719

10. Fragonard, The Swing, 1766

14. Vigee-Lebrun, Self Portrait, 1790

15. De Cuvillies, the Amalienburg, early 18 th Century, Munich, Germany

22. Neumann, Church of the Fourteen Saints, 1743- 1772, Staffelstein, Germany

28. German Baroque

29. Tiepolo, Apotheosis of the Pisani Family, 1761-1762

31. Asam, Assumption of the Virgin, 1723, Rohr, Germany

34. Rococo in England lampooned and embraced

35. Hogarth, The Marriage Contract from Marriage a la Mode, 1745

36. Hogarth, Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode, 1745

38. Gainsborough, Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1787

39. Gainsborough, Blue Boy, 1770 (at Huntington Library in San Marino)

40. Reynolds, Lord Heathfield, 1787