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The Styles of the Enlightenment

Explore the artistic evolution from Rococo to Neo-Classical and Sentimental styles between 1750–1820, reflecting societal values of various classes with influences of Greek and Renaissance ideas. Delve into the works of prominent artists like Marie-Elisabeth-Louise Vigée-Lebrun and Jacques-Louis David.

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The Styles of the Enlightenment

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  1. The Styles of the Enlightenment 1750 – 1820 Rococo Bourgeois Neo-Classical

  2. Marie-Elisabeth-LouiseVigée-LebrunSelf-Portrait with Daughterc. 1798 Aristocratic patrons Neo-Greek Neo-Renaissance Sentimental KEY IMAGE p. 302

  3. Neo-Classicism Those Greek ideas again (doesn’t that make this neo-neo-neo-Classicism?) ART FOR ARISTOCRATS OR REVOLUTIONARIES?

  4. Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Petit Trianon, Versailles, France 1761-4 (Louis XVI)

  5. Monticello 1770-84 THOMAS JEFFERSON Revolutionary & Neo-Classical architect Key image p. 313

  6. University of Virginia library Similar to???

  7. Self-portrait Neo-Classical Style in painting Jacques-Louis David

  8. David, The Death of Socrates, 1787

  9. David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784 NEO-CLASSICAL Key image p. 315

  10. Jacques Louis David, Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons, 1789

  11. David, Death of Marat, 1793

  12. NOT HEART vs. HEAD EMOTION vs. INTELLECT IT’S ALL EMOTIONS – IT IS A QUESTION OF WHAT KINDS OF EMOTIONS

  13. SUMMARY – 18TH CENTURY • Age of Enlightenment but not all are enlightened . . . • ART & IDEAS - 3 different styles (Rococo, genre, Neo-Classical) reflect overlapping and conflicting values of different social classes • MUSIC – Genres such as the SYMPHONY and the STRING QUARTET emerge, all emphasizing CLARITY of musical ideas and the organization of CONTRAST, as exemplified by SONATA FORM

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