Rococo and Neo test

Watteau

Return to Cythera

1717-1719

France, Flemish

Painterly, Rococo, theme= AP

FETE GALANTE

Fragonard

The swing

1766

FRANCE

ROCOCO AP , ultimate rococo painting

Hogarth

Marriage a la mode

1745

England-PARLAMENT (can criticize king and queen)

Satire of aristocracy

Benjamin West

The death of general wolf

1770-1771

TRANSITIONAL WORK OF ART

Works in England

Histrorical fact and political statement, British victory over France

Jacques David

Oath of the Horatii

1784

Neo painting, painted before revolution

FRANce

Argues for civic virtues, self sacrifice

DAVID= MORAL IMP

Jacques David

Death of Marat

1793

France

MORAL IMP

Terrible skin diseases

Contemporary subject

Antonio canova

Pauline Borghese as Venus

1808

Italian, works in England

Asthetic

Greenough

1832-1841

USA

ASTHETIC

Rococo bottom line

Aristocracy and the pursuit of pleasure

English is a…

PARLAMENT. You can criticize king and queen

What piece is Fete galante…. Why is it important

Watteaus return to Cythera

Entry piece into the academy and gets a new category

Rococo means

Little decorated stones or pebbles

Neaoclassism is the age of…

Revolution

What is the big difference between Great Britain and France?

Government and politics

Pursuit of pleasure is a

Revolution

Ultimate rococo painting?

The swing

Rococo time period is from

1710-1750

When did the French Revolution and American revolution start

French- 1789-1814 25 years of term oil

American- 1776

Baroque VS Rococo

B. R.

Solid massive Airy, escapist,

Monumental forms, Hedonist sensual

Moral. Linear Decorativ Painterly

Somber colors. Light candy colors

TRUE OR FALSE

Rococo is an 18th-Century artistic movement and style; it affected almost all aspects of the arts including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, decoration, literature, music, and theatre. It began and developed in Paris. It was a reaction against the grandeur, symmetry, and strict regulations of Baroque art.

True

Does rococo have religion during the century

No

Fete galants=

Outdoor scenes of courtship, love, outdoor festivals

Rococo emerged in

France, slowly spread to Europe

School categories

History

Portraits

Genre

Landscape

Still life

Fete galante

Line vs color

Line

Linear, closed forms, absolute clarity, minimum gesture

Color

Painterly, open forms, relative clarity, dramatic gesture/ movement

TRUE OR FALSE

Rococo art was both a development from (e.g., Rubens' painterly style) and a reaction against the weightier (extravagant) Baroque style.

TRUE

Was rococo liked

No, received harsh criticism. Seen to be both superficial and in poor taste, especially compared to neo classism

Some people see rococo as the end of art, why?

Aristocracy and the pursuit of pleasure

Baroque vs Rococo

Baroque:

Sincere, enthusiastic, masculine heroics,male rhetoric

Rococo

Dainty gallantries, light sarcasm, quick wit, and the artificial

What work is a transitional work of art

Banjamin wests the death of general wolf

18th century=

Age of Enlightenment

Neo classism timeline

1750-1800

The idea that childhood is good=

Enlightenment because less is more

MOST MORAL IMPLICATIONS

DAVID

Main Asthetic works

Antonio’s Pauline borghese as Venus

And

Greenough George Washington

James Stuart hagley park

3rd person to establish British academy

Angelica kauffmann

Academy name

Accademia di San Luca

Can Neo have moral and Asthetic implications

Yes,

• The Neoclassical could have moral as well as aesthetic implications, particularly in France, where it is associated with the Revolution and a desire to restore ancient Roman values into civil life. E.G., *David,
  "Oath of the Horatii," 1784.

Not everyone used Neo to support the French rev, some used it as a style

Neo= rococo=

Moral and esthetic implications

Aristocracy and the pursuit of pleasure

Neo vs rococo

Neo

Heroism, virtuous acts, moral virtue and civic dedication, linear, mind, public concerns

Rococo

Court style aristocracy, pursuit of pleasure, painterly, senses, private concerns

The enlightenment is a

Intellectual movement

The philosophy of the enlightenment set the tone and ideological outlook for the 19th century through the present 21st century

1. Social mobility

2. Perfect ability of human character

Who is John’s lock

Philosopher who’s ideas had an effect on all enlightenment thinkers especially Adam smith and fathers of American rev,

1. Man is born like a blank slate, Tabula rasa”, and is therefore perfectable

2. Representational gov

3. Rights of life liberty and property

   from England

Volitare (France) argues

Liberty for the intelligent

Who wrote the wealth of nations ladies affair

Adam smith

Who is rosseou?

Social reformer who argued “man is born good and it is society that corrupts him”

Is there romantisim with rosseau

No