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| Dates of the Rococo period |
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| This period was the age of _________. |
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| Age of enlightment: time of extreme corruption |
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| The rococo syle resulted in what country? |
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| Countries that it influenced: |
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| Where does the rococo style get its name from |
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| rock shell-statue of shells made of rocks |
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| Main characteristics of the Rococo Style |
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| when you use humor to make a point |
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leading rococo painter
french
picnik like affairs of wealthy
figures he paints are usually in studied poses
stage like
usually elegantly dressed women and men |
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| What painting did Anotoine Watteau do? |
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A Pilgrimage to Cythera
- cupids and venus
-painted this reception piece to begin his "career"
had more status cause he was educated
influence by flanders
used swirling brushstokes
this painting depicts a journey of a young couple to island of cythera
theres a golden boat to take them back
the dog represents THE LUST
figures are small compared to large backround behind them
tends to have pointed shapes (shoes,canes,etc.) |
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| His painting of A Pilgrimage to Cythera is similar to what painting by who and why? |
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Garden of Love by Rubens
-both depicts young lovers in a beautiful outdoor setting |
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entergetic brushstrokes and excesses in the court
COURT PAINTER
(French) |
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| What two paintings was he most famous for?(Fragonard) |
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Epidemy for the wealthy (royal family)
tried to regain his career but died in poverty |
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Most well known painting
-swirling movement and brushstrokes
riskay painting
-women is mistress
-man looking up womens dress
-statues= good example of rococo time period
-statue on left=greek god of discretion
discretion is when you cant keep a secret
-bishop represent the church
-flinging shoe off indicates wild abandon
-foot=symbol of sexuality |
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Thomas Gainsborough
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1727-1788 English painter
-portrait artist
-loved to paint landcapes
-one of englands finest portrait painters
-influenced by the rococo style
-"fluffy art style"
-----painted The Morning Walk and The Blue Boy |
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William Hogarth
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1697-1764 (English)
-sold engravings which is a printing process carved into a metal plate
-was able to make duplicates which gave him an advantage because it provided more than one copy and the middle class could afford those
-art was frequently directed towards the upper class
-he found the British school of paintings (school of thought)
-known for narrative paintings which tell stories
-his work critisized the upper class
-showed problems in marriage,politics,alchohol abuse, lose living men and women of the time
------painted Marriage a la Mode and The Lady Death |
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| Marriage a la Mode (6parts) |
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painted in the 1740s
(1st scene)
-depicts two fathers who are arranging the marriage of their two children
-lawyer in black on left
the two dogs symbolize marraige together
-man on right has gout which is from eating too much rich food
-sypholus is picked up (spreads)
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-top right--> theres a clock that appears to show its after midnight
-dog sniffing pocket...womans cap...he had been with another woman
-chair=just left abruptly
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-"The Inspection"
-father at the doctor
-everyone in the family has sypholus
-the skull indicates death
-pills arent working
corenettes tells us the father has died
-young couple gets the "title"
-string of coral beads on women (tells us she had a baby)
-"The Bagnio"
--after the ball
--baginos coffee houses and Turkish baths
--wife begging for forgiveness
-"The Ladys Death"
--wife is dying
--pulling gold ring off finger to have gold(her dads finger)
--taken poison to kill herself
--baby has sypholus too...wearing braces on her ankles
--dog is malnourished...(meaning the marriage is malnourished) |
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John Copley
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1738-1815 (American Painter)
-influenced by european style
-"Paul Revere" (best known portrait)
-Tenebrism is portrayed (he appears from the dark background)
-in a thinking pose (means he is smart and intelligent)
-blocky shape
-triangular shape unites the picture
-"Watso and the Shark"
-this painting was wierd because it did not follow the rules that painters usually went by...
- If you did a narrative painting it was form mythology or biblical scenes
- If you did go of subj. youd depict a battle
- Highly unusual to chose a topic that happened to an individual
- Historic event that happended to a boy on a ship (didn’t affect a lot of people)
- Bcuz it was so dramatic-people loved it and it was accepted |
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Benjamin West
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1738-1820 (american)
-historical painter
-"Penn's Treaty with the Indians"
--narrative painting BUT historical scene
--expected them to be portryaed in a classical way-->he didnt do that
-"Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky"
-depicting a historical scene
-moment BF figured out lighting
-done the way it was expected to be |
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