2.2 - Rococo to Romanticism

Rococo Period

It is an art movement that is the extension of the Baroque Period which flourished in France.

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The term Rococo was derived from the French Word, “______”, which means bits of rocky decorations which can be found in a 16th century architectural ideas.

Rococo Period

Common characteristics of the art works found in this period are:

• the use of light or pastel colors,

• curvaceous forms,

• graceful lines,

• cherubs with myths of love,

• highly ornate and exquisite study of details which

these are found in furniture, panels, vases, and urns.

Rococo Period

Moreover, subjects of the artworks in period are always in the center of the canvass.

Neo-Classicism Period

It is a movement in the western art that coincides with the Age of Enlightenment during the 18th century.

Neo-Classicism Period

It is the period of revival of the styles and spirit of classical antiquity especially in the field of architecture.

Neo-Classicism Period

• The artworks in this period are inspired mainly excavated figurines and sculptures in Roman and Greek colony archaeological sites and also the revival of the Roman and Greek traditions.

Neo-Classicism Period

• Characteristics of the artworks found in this period include: precise details, dynamism, elegance and simplicity, strong horizontal and vertical lines, shallow spaces, sober colors, and clarity in forms.

Romanticism Period

It is the art movement began in Germany and England and later spread throughout the different parts of Europe.

Romanticism Period

It is the style of art that found its subject in the world of dramatic and exotic; a style of art and literature which draws on the imagination rather than nationalism, thus, appealed to the emotions of the audience.

Romanticism Period

This particular art movement gives emphasis in the painter’s reaction to the past events, peoples, and landscapes.

Romanticism Period

Romantic art forms provide deep love of nature and concerns about the metamorphosis of the world into a new golden age in the powers of the imagination.

Romanticism Period

Moreover, it also depicts realistic figures with psychological attitudes.

• Individualism

• Exoticism

• Emotions

• Revival of Gothic

Common characteristics of artworks in ROMANTICISM period also includes: