1. 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 1684-1721

8. Departure for Cythera

9. Do You Want to Succeed with Women?

10. Faux pas

11. Francois Boucher 1703-1759

12. Marquise de Pompadour

13. Juno Asking Aeolus to Release the Winds

14. Leda and the Swan

15. Nude on a Sofa

16. Jean-Honore Fragonard 1732-1806

17. Young Girl Reading

18. The Swing

19. The Love Letter

20. The Lover Crowned

21. The Meeting

22. The Stolen Kiss

23. ENGLAND

24. William Hogarth 1697-1764

25. Gin Lane

26. Beer Street

27. After Before

28. Marriage a la Mode

29. 1—The Marriage Settlement

30. 2—The Tete a Tete

31. 3—The Inspection

32. 4—The Toilette

33. 5—The Bagnio

34. 6—The Lady’s Death

35. Sir Joshua Reynolds 1723-1792

36. Portrait of Miss Anna Ward with Her Dog

37. The Children of Edward Hollen Cruttenden

38. Thomas Gainesborough 1727-1788

39. Mr. And Mrs. Andrews

40. Blue Boy

41. Mrs. Philip Thicknesse

42. George Stubbs (1724–1806)

43. Whistlejacket (10 ft × 8 ft)

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

45. GERMANY

46. PAINTING

47. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696-1770

48. Apollo and the Continents

49. Coronation of the Virgin

50. ARCHITECTURE

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

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

53. Characteristics Complex compositional geometry

54. Palaces

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

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

57. Wurzburg Residenz, staircase

58. Wurzburg Residenz, Imperial Hall

59. Wurzburg Residenz, Chapel

60. Wurzburg Residenz, Mirror cabinet

61. The Amalienburg, Nymphenburg, Munich, Germany

63. Amalienburg, Entrance from back

65. Amalienburg, Gun and dog room

67. Amalienburg, To the bedroom

68. Amalienburg, bedroom

70. Amalienburg, Hall of Mirrors

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

74. Amalienburg, pheasant room

76. Amalienburg, kitchen

77. Amalienburg, kitchen tiles

78. Churches

79. Vierzehnheilgen, pilgrimage church

80. Steingaden church

81. Dresden, Frauenkirche, interior

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

83. Rococo Furniture

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

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