Rococo Art

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Rococo Art
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General Info

• 1717-1723
• From rocaille or coquillage
• Aristocratic patronage
• Change of emphasis
• Interior design

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Interior Design
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Decorative Arts
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Key Terms

• Fantasy Enchanted Realm
• Intimate Escapism
• Light hearted Elegant Refinement
• Pastel Eroticism

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Chinoiserie
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Sculpture
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Clodion, The Intoxication of Wine
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Antoine Watteau

• 1684-1721
• Rubenistes manner
• Theatrical scenes
• Fete galante

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Watteau, Departure from the Island of Cythera,
1717
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François Boucher

• 1703-1770
• First Painter
• Femininity and fashion important
• Lighthearted themes

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Boucher, Toilette of Venus
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Boucher, Venus Consoling Love, 1751
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Details
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Jean-Honoré Fragonard

• 1732-1806
• Pleasures of waning aristocracy
• Outlives his era

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Fragonard, The Swing, 1768
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Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée LeBrun

• 1775-1842
• Famous female artist
• Female Clientele

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Sample
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Vigée LeBrun, Marie Antoinette, 1788
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Genre Painting

• Moral paintings
• Bourgeois made popular
• Could be sentimental or very truthful

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Jean-Baptiste Greuze

• 1725-1805
• More sentimental
• Natural virtues of everyday people

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Greuze, Village Betrothal (or The Bride of the
Village), 1761
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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

• 1699-1779
• Not as sentimental
• Different subject matter
• Use of light

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Chardin, The Kitchen Maid, 1738
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Details
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England
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

• 16961770
• Italian illusionist
• Frescos