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ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. ROCOCO. ROCOCO WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1730s STRESSED GRACE AND GENTLE ACTION CURVES AND NATURAL SETTINGS SECULAR GOLDS AND CREAMS . BAROQUE-ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE BALTHASAR NEUMANN 1687-1753. NEUMANN’S FOURTEEN SAINTS. ROCOCO ART: ANTOINE WATTEAU.
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ROCOCO • ROCOCO WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1730s • STRESSED GRACE AND GENTLE ACTION • CURVES AND NATURAL SETTINGS • SECULAR • GOLDS AND CREAMS
ROCOCO ART: ANTOINE WATTEAU • WATTEAU (1684-1721)- FRENCHMAN WHOSE WORK CENTERED AROUND TOWN LIFE IN FRANCE • KNOWN FOR LYRICAL VIEWS OF NOBLE LIFE WITH UNDERLYING SADNESS • THEMES OF COURTLY LOVE
G.B. TIEPOLO – ROCOCO ARTIST 1696-1770 • ITALIAN WHO HAS BEEN CALLED A “UNIVERSAL PAINTER” • ABILITY TO CREATE MASTERPIECES IN ALL FIELDS OF PAINTING: FRESCOES, RELIGIOUS & CIVIC ART, PORTRAITS, SKETCHES, ETCHINGS • KNOWN FOR HIS ELEGANT & LIGHT STYLE
JEAN HONORÉ FRAGONARD • LATE ROCOCO FRENCH ARTIST (1732-1806) • KNOWN FOR HEDONISTIC AND LUSH SCENES • PLAYFUL SUBJECT MATTER • THICK USE OF PAINT—IMPASTO
NEOCLASSICAL ART 17TH & 18TH CENTURY MOVEMENT • NEOCLASSICAL ARTISTS SOUGHT TO RECAPTURE THE DIGNITY AND SIMPLICITY OF THE CLASSICAL APPEAL OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS • IMPORTANT ARTISTS IN THIS ERA INCLUDED NICOLAS POUSSIN AND JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
BAROQUE MUSIC STYLE 1600-1750 • ORNATE AND COMPLEX MUSICAL PATTERNS • RELIGIOUS FOCUS, BUT ALSO SECULAR MUSIC • OPERA, CONCERTO, CHAMBER MUSIC, ORATORIO, HARPSICHORD
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750 • Mass in B Minor • Saint Matthew’s Passion • Cantatas (choral work) • Motets ("a cappella" ) • His task in life “well-ordered music in honor of God”
George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) • More secular than Bach • Started by writing operas • Often wrote huge, unusual-sounding pieces • Best known work is religious—Messiah
CLASSICAL ERA OF MUSIC 1750-1830 • FULL ORCHESTRATION • SYMPHONIES • PIANO • THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT • HAYDN, MOZART • BEETHOVEN
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) • Ushers in Classical Era of music • Music center shifts from Italy to Germany and Austrian Empire • Prolific—composed over 100 symphonies
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) • Child prodigy: first concerto at 6, first opera at age 12 • Dies debt-ridden pauper at age 35 • Widely considered the greatest classical composer—embodies grace, precision and emotion • Wrote three of the world’s greatest operas: Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni