Post on 16-Dec-2015
ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT
ROCOCO
ROCOCO WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1730s
STRESSED GRACE AND GENTLE ACTION
CURVES AND NATURAL SETTINGS
SECULAR GOLDS AND CREAMS
BAROQUE-ROCOCO ARCHITECTUREBALTHASAR NEUMANN 1687-1753
NEUMANN’S FOURTEEN SAINTS
ROCOCO ART: ANTOINE WATTEAU
WATTEAU (1684-1721)- FRENCHMAN WHOSE WORK CENTERED AROUND TOWN LIFE IN FRANCE
KNOWN FOR LYRICAL VIEWS OF NOBLE LIFE WITH UNDERLYING SADNESS
THEMES OF COURTLY LOVE
WATTEAU’S DELIGHT OF LIFE
WATTEAU’S EMBARKATION TO CYTHERA
G.B. TIEPOLO – ROCOCO ARTIST 1696-1770
ITALIAN WHO HAS BEEN CALLED A “UNIVERSAL PAINTER”
ABILITY TO CREATE MASTERPIECES IN ALL FIELDS OF PAINTING: FRESCOES, RELIGIOUS & CIVIC ART, PORTRAITS, SKETCHES, ETCHINGS
KNOWN FOR HIS ELEGANT & LIGHT STYLE
TIEPOLOS’ WOMAN WITH MANDOLIN
TIEPOLO’S SEATED RIVER GOD
JEAN HONORÉ FRAGONARD
LATE ROCOCO FRENCH ARTIST (1732-1806)
KNOWN FOR HEDONISTIC AND LUSH SCENES
PLAYFUL SUBJECT MATTER THICK USE OF PAINT—IMPASTO
FRAGONARD’S HAPPY
ACCIDENTS OF THE SWING
NEOCLASSICAL ART 17TH & 18TH CENTURY MOVEMENT
NEOCLASSICAL ARTISTS SOUGHT TO RECAPTURE THE DIGNITY AND SIMPLICITY OF THE CLASSICAL APPEAL OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS
IMPORTANT ARTISTS IN THIS ERA INCLUDED NICOLAS POUSSIN AND JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
NICOLAS POUSSIN - FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL PAINTER 1594-1665
POUSSIN’S RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN
POUSSIN’S LANDSCAPE
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL ARTIST (1748-1825)
BAROQUE MUSIC STYLE 1600-1750
• ORNATE AND COMPLEX MUSICAL PATTERNS• RELIGIOUS FOCUS, BUT ALSO SECULAR MUSIC• OPERA, CONCERTO, CHAMBER MUSIC, ORATORIO,
HARPSICHORD
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750
Mass in B Minor Saint Matthew’s Passion Cantatas (choral work) Motets ("a cappella" ) His task in life “well-
ordered music in honor of God”
George Frederick Handel (1685-1759)
More secular than Bach Started by writing
operas Often wrote huge,
unusual-sounding pieces
Best known work is religious—Messiah
CLASSICAL ERA OF MUSIC 1750-1830
• FULL ORCHESTRATION• SYMPHONIES• PIANO• THEMATIC
DEVELOPMENT• HAYDN, MOZART• BEETHOVEN
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Ushers in Classical Era of music
Music center shifts from Italy to Germany and Austrian Empire
Prolific—composed over 100 symphonies
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Child prodigy: first concerto at 6, first opera at age 12
Dies debt-ridden pauper at age 35
Widely considered the greatest classical composer—embodies grace, precision and emotion
Wrote three of the world’s greatest operas: Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni