CHANGES IN 18 TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART

CHANGES IN 18TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART Rococo Declines 1. Now seen as too frivolous 2. People influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment

Joseph Wright of Derby 1.Work demonstrates increasing interest in science

Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun and Adelide Labille-Guiard Two most important French female artists Admitted to Royal Academy in Paris

William Hogarth • Father of English painting • Satirized the foibles of the English aristocracy • Created engravings to accompany paintings

Joshua Reynolds • First president of the British Royal Academy • Famous for portraits of contemporary leaders

Benjamin West The Death of General West • American painter who moved to England • Grand historical painting • Composition resembles Van der Weyden's Deposition

CHANGES IN 18 TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART

CHANGES IN 18 TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART

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17 th /18 th Century

SUMMARY – 18 TH CENTURY

Art in Spain 18 th Century Unit 5

Art in England 18 th Century Unit 5

18 th Century America

20 th Century Art

18 th Century

18 th Century Drama

18 th Century

19 th Century Art:

18 th Century Clothing

The 18 th Century

18 th Century Clothing

European Society in the 18 th Century

18 th century medicine

18 th Century Europe

18 th Century Poetry

London IN 18 th century

18 th Century Themes

European Art – 19 th Century

18 th Century America