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18 th century art

18 th century art. 1750 ushers in Industrialism Enlightenment Optimism that society could be reformed Philosophes believed man born to serve himself, not God or the aristocracy; state was to help this Rococo (playful) Neoclassicism(balanced and rational) Romanticism(emotion and remote).

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18 th century art

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  1. 18th century art

  2. 1750 ushers in Industrialism • Enlightenment • Optimism that society could be reformed • Philosophes believed man born to serve himself, not God or the aristocracy; state was to help this • Rococo (playful) • Neoclassicism(balanced and rational) • Romanticism(emotion and remote)

  3. Rococo • Pastel colors • Dainty and light hearted • Arabesque, s shapes, c shapes, reverse c and volutes • Silver and gold against white • Boiseries=sculpted wood panels

  4. Neumann: Kaisersaal (Germany)

  5. Tiepolo: Marriage of Emperor Frederick and Beatrice of Burgundy

  6. French painting • Fete galante: elegant outdoor entertainment

  7. Fragonard: The Swing

  8. Watteau: Pilgrimmage to Cythera

  9. Departure to Cythera

  10. Signboard of Gersaint

  11. Straw = vanity • Momento mori • Passage of time • Woman stares in mirror as reminder of life’s fraility as was Watteau’s

  12. Boucher • Hired to paint Watteau’s works • Madame du Pompadour was his patron • Worked to decorate Versailles and Fountainbleau • First painter to King Louis XV

  13. Diana Resting after her Bath

  14. Vulcan presenting arms to Venus

  15. Chardin

  16. Decorative Arts • Chinoseries • Creates scene in a country he never visited

  17. Clodian: the Invention of the Balloon

  18. Italian art • Grand Tour • Demand for vedute (city views) • Capriccio-fanciful or naturalistic • Canaletto became famous

  19. Piranesi

  20. Enlightenment • Voltaire was believer in science as the salvation of mankind • Rousseau believed that society had corrupted man so he rejected progress • Rousseau rejected Rococo and turned to the “natural”

  21. NEOCLASSICISM • Albani villa • Johan Winckelmann was the first to analyze art as a series of period styles

  22. Mengs: Parnassas, ceiling fresco, Albani villa, Rome, 1761

  23. Canova: Pauline Borghese, marble, 1808, Galleria Borghese

  24. British NeoclassicismChiswick House

  25. Wedgewood: Apotheosis of Homer, white jasper,

  26. Hackwood: “Am I Not a Man and a Brother?”, black and white jasperward, 1787

  27. Gothic Revival: Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole

  28. Joseph Wright • Specialized in drama of candlelit or moonlit scenes • Technological model=orrery used to demonstrate the universe working as a clock • Light to represent the sun • Children awed • Listener takes notes

  29. Joseph Wright: Lecture at the Orrery

  30. Experiment on an Air Pump

  31. Le Brun • High class portraits • Rescinded from acad.

  32. Gainsborough • Intent to match subject with landscape • Deep interest in landscape

  33. Joshua Reynolds: Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, oil on canvas, 7’10” X 5’

  34. Hogarth • Satirized contemporary life with comic zest • Poked fun at the artists of the continent • Liked to paint in series to tell a story • Marriage a la Mode satirized the immoralities within marriage of the moneyed class • Hands in moneyless pockets • Dog sniffs at cap in his pocket

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