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c. 1715 - 1774

Rococo Art & Architecture. c. 1715 - 1774. “Rococo Art was as decorative and nonfunctional as the effete aristocracy that embraced it.”. Light, elaborate, decorative style. Centered in France & associated with Louis XV. Pastels, non-serious subject matter.

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c. 1715 - 1774

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  1. Rococo Art & Architecture c. 1715 - 1774

  2. “Rococo Art was as decorative and nonfunctional as the effete aristocracy that embraced it.”

  3. Light, elaborate, decorative style. • Centered in France & associated with Louis XV. • Pastels, non-serious subject matter. • A backlash to the darkness of the Baroque --> less formal & grandiose. • Often portrays the lifestyle of the nobility. “Fete galante” • Eventually replaced by Neo-Classicism, the artistic style of the American & French Revolutions.

  4. Louis XV

  5. Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

  6. “Pilgrimage to Cythera”

  7. “The Pleasures of the Ball”

  8. “The Pleasures of Life”

  9. Jean-Honoré Fragonard

  10. The Swing

  11. The See-SawFragonard

  12. From “The Progress of Love”, “The Stolen Kiss”

  13. From “The Progress of Love” “Love Crowned”

  14. ENTRY #40 For each of the following pieces, tell whether it is an example of Mannerism, Baroque, or Rococo art/architecture and WHY. C. B. A.

  15. ENTRY # 40 B. El Greco - Christ Driving the Traders from the Temple A. Ruebens - The Birth of the Dauphin at Fountainebleau Boucher-La Toilette

  16. François Boucher

  17. “La Toilette”

  18. “The Marquis de Pompadour”

  19. “Leda and the Swan”

  20. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842)

  21. MadamduBarry

  22. MarieAntoinette

  23. The English Rococo Portraiturists

  24. “Blue Boy” & “Pinkie” Thomas Gainsborough

  25. “Portrait of a Lady in Blue” Thomas Gainsborough Late 1770s

  26. “Mary, Countess Howe” Thomas Gainsborough Late 1760

  27. Rococo Interiors

  28. Sans Souci, Frederick the Great’s Palace in Potsdam Germany

  29. Sans Souci, Frederick’s Music Room

  30. Rococo Room,Frick Museum

  31. Arts & SciencesBoucher

  32. The Fragonard Room, Frick Museum

  33. Cuvillies, Mirror Room (1739) (Vs. Baroque Versailles Hall of Mirrors)

  34. Rococo Chairs

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