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Survey of Western Art History II The Baroque Style in Western Europe Rococo and the Eighteenth Century Terminology Rococo aedicule baldacchino Baroque genre podium rectilinear section silhouette stylus tenebrism travertine vanitas burr camera obscura cantilever construction chateau clerestory drypoint etching etching ground The French Academy hierarchy of subject matter gable (or pitched) roof chancel chinoiserie fleurdelys hotel impasto molding pagoda stucco trompe l’oeil

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Survey of Western Art History IIThe Baroque Style in Western EuropeRococo and the Eighteenth CenturyTerminology

Rococo

aediculebaldacchinoBaroque

genrepodiumrectilinearsectionsilhouettestylustenebrismtravertinevanitas

qburrcamera obscuracantilever constructionchateauclerestorydrypointetchingetching groundThe French Academy

hierarchy of subject mattergable (or pitched) roof

chancelchinoiseriefleur‐de‐lyshotelimpastomoldingpagodastuccotrompe l’oeil

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Sir William Chambers. Pagoda, Kew Gardens, England, 1761. Engraving by William Woollett after J. Kirby, hand‐colored by Heath

Germain Boffrand. Salon de la Princesse, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, c. 1740

Joseph Wright, An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump, 1768.

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Antoine Watteau. Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717. Oil on canvas

Antoine Watteau. Gilles, undated. Oil on canvas

François Boucher, Venus ConsolingLove, 1751. Oil on canvas

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Francois Boucher, Nude on a Sofa, 1752. Oil on canvas

Jean‐Honoré Fragonard, The Swing, 1766

Hyacinthe Rigaud. Louis XlV, 1701. Oil on canvas

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Elisabeth VigeeLebrun, Marie Antoinette, 1778

Elisabeth Vigée‐Lebrun, Self‐Portrait. Oil on canvas

Thomas Gainsborough, Mrs. Richard BrinsleySheridan, 1785‐7

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William Hogarth, Marriage à‐la‐Mode 2. The Tête à Tête, 1745. Engraving after an oil painting of 1743

William Hogarth.TimeSmoking a Picture, 1761. Etching and

imezzotint

Balthasar Neuman, the Residenz, Wurzburg, Germany, 1719‐1753

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Staircase of the Residenz showing the ceiling fresco ofGiovanni Battista Tiepolo, Wurzburg, Germany, 1752‐1753.

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Investiture of Bishop Harold, frescoes in the Kaisersaal, the Residenz, Wurzburg, Germany, 1751‐1752

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Investiture of Bishop Harold, detail of the ceiling frescoes in the Kaisersaal, the Residenz, Wurzburg, Germany, 1751‐1752

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Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Wallpavillon, the Zwinger, Dresen, Germany, 1711‐1722.

DominikusZimmermann, Wieskirche, Bavaria, 1745‐1754.

Richard Boyle, Chiswick House, near London, begun 1725

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Robert Adam, fireplace niche, Osterley Park House, Middlesex, England, begun 1761.

Horace Walpole, Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, near London, 1749‐1777.

Jean‐Baptiste‐Simíon Chardin, La Fontaine, first exhibited 1733

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Jean Baptiste‐Simeon Chardin, Pipe and Jug, undated

Anglica Kauffmann, Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, 1785.

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John Singleton Copley

Paul Revere, 1768‐1770 Nicholas Boylston, 1767

Benjamin West, Death of General Wolfe, c. 1770.