rococo to neoclassicism

rococo

term derived from rocaille, decorative stone. characterized by delicacy, elegance, airiness, organic

neoclassicism

style of art and architecture that emerged mid 18th century

fete galante

elegant aristocratic outdoor party

ancien regime

grand tour

cultural tour of europe undertaken bu the elite in 18th and 19th centuries

educational rite of passage

focused on great art architecture culture sites of europe associated with the renaissance

pligrimage to cythera

watteau

hotel

elegant private townhouse

hall of mirrors in the nymphenburg palace

francois de cuvillies

cupid a captive

boucher

pompadour at her toilette

boucher

the swing

fragonard

progress of love

four paintings made for madame du barry the last mistress of louis the 15th

history of painting

classical traditions bible allegory required skill depicting the human body

portraiture

likeness of an individual

genre landscpaes

rural and urban topography

still life painting

inanimate opbjects

the enlightenment

18th century intellectual and cultural movement

voltaire

believed that the advancement of science and rational improvement of society would be the salvation of humanity, crticized the divine right of kings wrote that the king does not get power from god but the will of the people

orrery

mechanical model of the solar system

industrial revolution

rococo style was condemned by enlightnement thinkers as immoral indecent and artifical

rousseau

argued that the customs of elite society had corrupted the inherent virtue and moral character of man he promoted idealized representations of peasant life seen as more natural and governed by honest emotion rather than reason

village bride

greuze

veduta

paitning of a scenic city view

elisabeth le brun

marie antoinette and childern, self portrait with daughter, slef portrait in straw hat

paul revere

jogn singleton copley

horatio greenough

george washnigton

Karl Jacob Weber

swiss engineer recorded findspots of objects, made detailed plans of architectural remains

death of socrates

jacques-louis david