18 Century Europe and the Americas

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• 18 Century Europe and the Americas
• The Rococo

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Bernini Bust of Louis XIV 1665
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Jeff Koons Louis XIV 1986
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Rococo The French Taste

• After the death of Louis XIV, nobles leave
  Versailles and move into fashionable hotels
  (townhouses) in Paris
• These hotels become centers for entertainment
  and intellectual gatherings called, salons
• The Rococo can be viewed as a reaction to the
  formality of art prior to this time under Louis
  XIV
• KNOWN FOR Pastel colors, delicately curving
  forms, dainty figures, and a lighthearted mood
• Begins in France but spread across Europe
• It will go out of fashion during Neoclassicism

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Rococo Interiors

• INTERIORS Arabesquesflowing lines and swirling
  shapes (s-shapes, c-shapes, reverse-c shapes,
  volutes, and naturalistic plant forms
• Silver and gold, mirrors, sculpted stucco, wooden
  inlay
• Carved wood panelsboiseries
• PUTTI!, cupids and clouds

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GERMAIN BOFFRAND, Salon de la Princesse, with
painting by CHARLES-JOSEPH NATOIRE and sculpture
by J. B. LEMOINE, Hôtel de Soubise, Paris,
France, 17371740.
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FRANÇOIS DE CUVILLIÉS, Hall of Mirrors, the
Amalienburg, Nymphenburg Palace park, Munich,
Germany, early 18th century.
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• Tiepolo, The Marriage of Emperor Frederick
  and Beatrice of Burgundy, fresco in the Imperial
  Hall, Residenz. Wurzburg, Germany. 1751-52
• --1st arch. project of Rococo style
• --Was inspired by Veronese
• --Depicts 12th C. Crusader-emperor, Frederick
  Barbarossa
• (Holy Roman Emp.)

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BALTHASAR NEUMANN, interior (top) and plan
(bottom) of the church of Vierzehnheiligen, near
Staffelstein, Germany, 1743-1772.
Borromini-inspired (airy)
shrine
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NEUMANN, exterior Church of the Vierzehnheiligen,
near Staffelstein, Germany, 1743-1772.
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ANTOINE WATTEAU, Return from Cythera, 1717. Oil
on canvas, 4 3 x 6 4 1/2. Louvre, Paris.
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WATTEAUS Return from Cythera

• Was his admission for membership into the Royal
  Academy of Painting and Sculpture (READ THE TOP
  OF PG. 948!!!)
• The judges were so impressed they created a whole
  new category of subject matter just for it
• Fete galanteelegant outdoor entertainment
• Watteauill with TB (it does kill him) paints a
  signboard for the art dealer, Gersaint

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Antoine Watteau Pierrot ("Gilles") 1718-19 Oil on
canvas Louvre
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ANTOINE WATTEAU, The Signboard of Gersaint, ca.
1721. Oil on canvas, 5 4  x 10 1
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FRANÇOIS BOUCHER, Cupid a Captive, 1754. Oil on
canvas, 5 6 x 2 10. The Wallace Collection,
London.
--Rococo at its height! --Mistress was Madame de
Pompadour (Louis XV) --Known for god, goddesses
and putti
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FRAGONARD, The Swing, 1766. Oil on canvas,
approx. 2 8 5/8 x 2 2. Wallace Collection,
London. --Studied with Boucher--Wins Prix de
Rome (3-5 yrs. In Rome)--painter for Madame du
Barry (Louis XVs last mistress)
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FRAGONARD, The Meeting, 1771-73. Oil on canvas,
1051/4 x 7 5/8, The Frick Collection, New
York.
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CLODION, Satyr Crowning a Bacchante, 1770.
Terracotta, 1 5/8 high. Louvre, Paris.
--Mostly worked in terra-cotta --playful,
erotic tabletop sculpture