The Rococo

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The Rococo
Late 17th to mid-18th century Rocaille, shells,
scrolls, foliage Pastel colors, white, gold and
silver
1776 American revolution 1789 French
Revolution The Age of Enlightenment
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Continuous undulating curves carved shellls
and S-shaped, C- shaped, reverse C- shaped
curves, volutes, arabesques Lack of symmetry
(asymmetrical) Twisting naturalistic ornament
(plants) Attenuated sprays and tendrils
Pierced and jagged scallop shells Flower
garlands Flickering flames Boiseries (carved
wood panels) Mirrors (spatial confusion) Exotic
motifs from the Near and Far East, esp. China

• - opulence, grace, playfulness, and lightness
• carefree aristocratic life, lighthearted romance
• -dainty figures

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Shell, C- scroll
Flickering flames
S-scroll
rocaille
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Germain Boffrand Salon de la Princesse, Hotel de
Soubise, Paris, begun 1732
Rocaille Boiserie
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Germain Boffrand Salon de la Princesse, Hotel de
Soubise, Paris, begun 1732
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Boiserie Ornate, intricately carved paneling
Germain Boffrand, Hotel de Soubise, Paris,
begun 1732
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Austria Germany Architecture and architectural
decoration
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Jakob Prandtauer Monastery church Melk,
AustriaBegun 1702
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Jakob Prandtauer Monastery church, nave and
crossing, ceiling and dome, Melk, Austria.
Begun 1702
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Balthasar Neumann The Kaisersaal
Residenz Wurzburg, Germany 1719-1744 Fresco by
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. Investiture of Bishop
Harold, a detail of the ceiling frescoes, in the
Kaisersaal (Imperial Room), the Residenz,
Würzburg, Germany, 1751-1752.
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China, Ming Dynasty, Yin Hong Hundreds of Birds
Admiring Peacocks, late 15th century
China, Ming Dynasty, porcelain
lifting of China's ban on foreign trade in 1684
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Chinoiserie
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After a cartoon by François Boucher The Chinese
Fair, tapestry, designed 1743, woven 1743-75,
wool and silk, 11 x 18
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Rococo Painting France Fete galante Watteau Frag
onard Genre paintings Boucher Chardin
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Watteau Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717, o/c, 4 x 6
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Watteau Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717, o/c, 4 x 6
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Continuous undulating curves carved shellls
and S-shaped, C- shaped, reverse C- shaped
curves, volutes, arabesques Lack of symmetry
(asymmetrical) Twisting naturalistic ornament
(plants) Attenuated sprays and tendrils
Pierced and jagged scallop shells Flower
garlands Flickering flames Boiseries (carved
wood panels) Mirrors (spatila confusion) Exotic
motifs from the Near and Far East, esp. China
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Shell, C- scroll
Flickering flames
S-scroll
rocaille
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Germain Boffrand, Salon de la Princesse, Hotel de
Soubise, Paris, begun 1732
Rocaille
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Boiserie Ornate, intricately carved panelling
Germain Boffrand, Hotel de Soubise, Paris, begun
1732
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Austria Bavaria, Germany Architecture and
architectural decoration Jakob
Prandtauer Balthasar Neumann Dominicus Zimmerman
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Jakob Prandtauer. Monastery church, Melk,
AustriaBegun 1702
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Imperial Hall of the Residenz Würzburg,
Bavaria 1751 Fresco by Tiepolo 400 x 500 cm
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Palace of Queluz, Lisbon
b. 1747 under the architect Mateus Vicente de
Oliveira (trained under Ludovice at Mafra) One
wing - 1785 -1792 by the architect Manuel Caetano
de Sousa
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South wing
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Robillon Ballroom 1760
Cartouche insets, golden caryatids, mirrored doors
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Robillon Hall of the Amabassadors Ceiling
painting by Francisco de Melo floor - chequer
board pattern of black and white marble tiles
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(Joanine) Library University of Coimbra
1717-1728
Portrait of King John V by Domenico Duprá
100,000 books printed before 1830
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Balustrade and shelves polychromed and gilded
frescoes allegories of Arts and Sciences and
Kowledge
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Architect unknown Possibly intervention by
Nicolau Nazoni 1688-1746
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18th cent.
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Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso The
Versailles influence
B. 1721 Teodoro Ardemans
1728-34 Filippo Juvarra and G. B. Sacchetti
Juvarra's central section of the garden facade
the main garden axis seen from the top of the
cascade
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Churrigueresque style a wildly exuberant
baroque mode named for the Churriguera family of
architects, evident in richly adorned buildings
in Barcelona, Madrid, and especially Salamanca.
The Churriguera family, which specialized in
designing altars and retables, revolted against
the sobriety of the Herreresque classicism and
promoted an intricate, exaggerated, almost
capricious style of surface decoration known as
the Churrigueresque.
play of tectonic and decorative elements with
little relation to structure and function
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3 phases 1680 - 1720 - the Churriguera
popularized Solomonic columns and composite
order, known as the "supreme order". 1720 -
1760, the Churrigueresque column, or estipite, in
the shape of an inverted cone or obelisk, was
established as a central element of ornamental
decoration. 1760 - 1780 gradual shift of
interest away from twisted movement and excessive
ornamentation toward a neoclassical balance and
sobriety.
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A José de Churriguera, Retable of St. Stephen of
Salamanca  (1693)
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Fray Pedro de la Visitación
Universidad de Valladolid. Façade of the Law
school 1714 Plasticity, sculptural
forms Visual dynamism Added sculptural
ornaments Retable form
caso, la alegoría de la Ciencia y su patrocinio
por los reyes de España conforman su programa,
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Pedro Ribera Cuartel del Conde Duque,
Madrid 1720-24
florid ornamentation is an elaborately sculptured
surround to a main doorway. If we remove the
intricate maze of broken pediments, undulating
cornices, stucco shells, inverted tapers and
garlands from the rather plain wall it is set
against, the building's form would not be
affected in the slightest.
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Jaume Bort i Meliá Façade of Murcia
Cathedral 1736- 48
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Masterpieces of Churrigueresque style the
tabernacle and the sacristy of Granada
Charterhouse
Founded 1506, construction for the following 300
years.
José Risueño, Tabernacle, 1702-20
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Palomino fresco en la Cartuja de Granada
F. HURTADO IZQUIERDO, Sacristy of the Granada
Charterhouse, 1732- 47
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Narciso Tomé. Catedral de Toledo. Transparente
1721-32.
(marble, bronze, paint, stucco)
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Royal Hospice of Ave Maria and San Fernando,
Madrid (1722) Façade - 1738- 49
Pedro de Ribera
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F. DE CASAS NOVOA Cathedral of Santiago de
Compostela Façade 1738- 49
the most impressive display of Churrigueresque
spatial decoration may be found in the west
façade of the Cathedral of Santiago de
Compostela.
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Antonio Gaudi La Sagrada Familia, 1882 to
1926 Barcelona
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Hipólito Rovira Palace of the Marquis of
Dos Aguas (Valencia) Ceramics Museum   1740-44
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F. J. PEDRAJAS Church of Our Lady of the
Assumption, Priego de Córdoba, 1784