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Rococo(18th Century)
Danielle Laraque
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18th century [Late-Baroque]Emerged in FranceIn 1699 King Louis XIV ordered the artists commissioned for works in Versailles to exemplify a more playful look.Rejected baroque's seriousnessAimed to look graceful and gentleAffected several different pieces of artBecame less popular when Neoclassicism emerged in France in the late 18th century
Background
Graceful, gentle, fragile
Curves followed the lines of natural objects
Baroque depicted bravery and courage but Rococo showed aristocracy at play.
Unlike past art pieces which had religious aspects, Rococo was secular but spiritual at times
Rococo paintings were smaller compared to past ones
Bright colors, ornate details, interlaced designs
Characterisitics portrayed how Rococo art appealed to the wealthy of France.
Its lightness and allure illustrated Rococo as a dream of happiness.
Characteristics
Jean-Honoré Fragonard“Young Girl
Reading”1776
Antoine Watteau
“Return from Cythera”
1717-1719
Walls, ceilings, and moldings had fragile interlacing of curves based on the letters “C” and “S”
Other natural shapes were also included in its form
Asymmetrical design was key
Light pastels, ivory white, and gold were the predominant colors
Mirrors were used to enhance architecture
Characteristics of Rococo Architecture
Versailles building and The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, France Louis Le Vau,
Jules Hardouin Mansart, Philibert Le Roy1664-1710
The Bishops Palace, the ResidenzThe residential palace of the Schönborn princebishop of Würzburg at Würzburg, GermanyBalthasar Neumann1720-1740
“Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss”
Antonio Canova
1787-1793
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