HISTORY OF ARTS AND INTERIOR DESIGN (ROCOCO/NEOCLASSIC)

French Rococo

A style of classical art that evolved from the baroque originating in france in 1720, distinguished by fanciful carved spatial forms and elaborate, profuse designs of shellwork and foliage intended for a delicate overall effect. from the words "Rocaille and Cocaille" rockwork and shell work respectively. reign of louis the XV

Rocaille

Rock work

Cocaille

Shell work

Age of Enlightenment

The belief in the supremacy of human reason and the centrality of the natural sciences

Antoine Watteau

Leading Rococo painter from Flanders. A favourite of Madame de Pompadour. Works: A Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera and The Dance

Jean-Honore Fragonard

Painter (1732-1806) and student of Boucher. Calls on classical imagery to provide a more serious underpinning for frivolous erotic themes.

One of his most famous painting is The Swing

William Hogarth

English artist noted for a series of engravings that satirized the affectations of his time (1697-1764)

Thomas Gainsborough

English painter of portraits and landscapes. Further developed the personal style he had evolved at Bath, work with light and rapid brush-strokes and delicate and evanescent colors.

Clodion

He created light-hearted terracotta sculptures but adjusted his style and worked on major public monuments in Paris

Petit Trianon

a small chateau on the palace grounds at Versailles

Nicolas Pineau

Works are characterized by shallow recesses with rounded corners and ornamentation employing shell motifs, leafy scrolls and classical busts in medallions

Neoclassicism

A style of art and architecture that emerged in the later 18th century. Part of a general revival of interest in classical cultures, was characterized by the utilization of themes and styles from ancient Greece and Rome.

Linear Style

format similar to conventional written texts

or outlining

Jacques-Louis David

French painter known for his classicism and his commitment to the ideals of the French Revolution. His works include The Oath of the Horatii (17850 and The Death of Marat (1793). Works: The Governess, The Blessings, A House of Cards

Antonio Canova

Displays the sweeping grandeur of and idealization of the Neoclassic style. Works: Cupid and Psyche

The Madeleine, Paris

Intended as a Pantheon by order of Napoleon. An imitation of Greek colonnaded temple with a Roman style podium

Church of Les Invalides

By bruant and mansart, a home and hospital for the aged and unwell soldiers (french neoclassic)

Paris Pantheon

The former church of Sainte-Genevieve, now a shrine to national heroes

Ebeniste

Maker of veneered furniture

Menuisier

Maker of solid wood furniture

Fondeur

Maker of metal mounts

Ciseleur

Maker of bronze chasing

Vernisseur

Lacquerer

Marqueteur

maker of marquetry panel

Doreur

Gilder