18th century

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18th century

• Rococo
• Neoclassicism
• Revolution

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Rococoa development and extension of the Baroque
style

• even more extravagant and ornate
• intimate spaces (homes)
• smaller scale than Baroque

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• wall and ceiling become one
• painting and decoration on every surface

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Mirror Room, Amalienburg, Germany
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The Swing, Fragonard
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The Pursuit, from The Progress of Love, Fragonard
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The Meeting, from The Progress of Love, Fragonard
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Love Letters, from The Progress of Love, Fragonard
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Crowned Lover, from The Progress of Love,
Fragonard
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Neoclassicisma reaction to the Rococo style

• serious
• references to classical Greece and Rome
• more simple and natural

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The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His
Sons, David
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Oath of Horatii, David
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Revolution

• monarchy
• aristocracy
• deficit

The Death of Marat, David
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Self-portrait at the Easel, Vigée-Lebrun
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Portrait of Marie Antoinette, Vigée-Lebrun
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Marie Antoinette and Her Children, Vigée-Lebrun