AP Art history - Rococo & Neoclassicism

• The Swing

• Jean-Honoré Fragonard

• 1767

• oil on canvas

• Originally a painting of a bishop pushing a woman on a swing while her lover looks on

• In final version, older man no longer a priest; a barking dog and statue added

• An intrigue painting – sculpture of Menacing Love urges discretion

• Atmospheric perspective, garden setting dominant

• Dreamlike quality

• Lighting and pastel colors focus attention

• Self-Portrait

• Elizabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

• 1790

• oil on canvas

• Rococo influence in coloring

• 40 self-portraits exist

• Artist was 45 when this was painted, but depicted here as younger

• One detail is shocking! Scandalous! Immoral!

• Painted in Rome due to exile from France

• Supported by Marie Antointette until, well, you know…

• Depicted painting a portrait of the queen, who looks on approvingly

• The Tête à Tête from Marriage à la Mode

• William Hogarth

• 1743

• oil on canvas

• 2nd in a series of 6 paintings, later turned into a series of prints

• Satirical look at aristocracy and those who buy their way into titles

• Elements of French Rococo style in room, to give air of decadence

• Depicts a recently-married couple, both of whom have been unfaithful

• Both have been out all night pursuing different vices

• Lifestyle is ruinous as indicated by steward’s handful of unpaid bills

• Philosopher Giving a Lecture on an Orrery

• Joseph Wright of Derby

• 1763-65

• oil on canvas

• Inspired by Caravaggio’s tenebrism

• Orrery – early planetarium

• All ages depicted

• Philosopher modeled after Isaac Newton

• Each face in painting depicts a phase of the moon

• Painting illustrates the Enlightenment and the democratization of knowledge

• Monticello

• Thomas Jefferson

• 1768-1809

• brick, glass, stone, and wood

• Charlottesville, Virginia

• Chief building on Jefferson’s plantation

• Stucco gives appearance of marble

• Seems to be single-story, but actually 2.

• Dome houses an office

• Building is overall symmetrical, with emphasis on saving space

• Inspired by Italian Renaissance and Roman ruins

• Tall French doors and windows help air circulation

• Represents Roman ideal of equality

• The Oath of the Horatii

• Jacques-Louis David

• 1784

• oil on canvas

• Neoclassical in composition, but not in lighting

• Painted under Louis XVI

• Figures presented ideally

• Three brothers swear loyalty to father and to Rome before battle

• Exemplum virtutis

• Exemplifies patriotism and stoicism, and Enlightenment beliefs

• George Washington

• Jean-Antoine Houdon

• 1788-92

• marble

• Richmond, VA

• Done in marble to associate Washington with the Renaissance

• Commissioned by VA legislature

• Installed in 1796

• Washington depicted as a gentleman farmer; military associations minimized

• Naturalistic details humanize an otherwise ideal subject

• Posture inspired by Doryphorous

• Symbolism