Art Appreciation Topic VI: Rococo and Neoclassicism
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Art Appreciation Topic VI: Rococo and Neoclassicism c.1710-c.1810
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Art AppreciationTopic VI:
Rococo and Neoclassicismc.1710-c.1810
The Rococo style dominated European art for most of the 18th century. Superseding the Baroque movement, it emphasized elegance, frivolity, and decorative charm. It developed initially in France, but spread to most other parts of Europe.
Rococo painters retained many of the themes that had been in vogue during the Baroque era, but treated them in a more light-hearted, playful and decorative manner.
The Rococo style had a major impact on architecture, interior design, and the decorative arts, as well as painting.
Gillesby
Watteau
Soap Bubbles
byChardin
Girl with a Kitten
byPerronneau
Portrait of the
Marquise de Pompadour
byBoucher
The Batherby
Falconet
The Broken Mirror
byGreuze
The Swingby
Fragonard
Voltaireby
Pigalle
George Washington
byHoudon
Demolition of the Bastille by Robert
Apotheosis of Emperor Charles VI by Troger
Chronosby
Günther
The Stonemason’s Yard by Canaletto
Roma Antica by Panini
Woman with a Mandolin
byTiepolo
Young Woman with
a Parrotby
Tiepolo
The Colosseum by Piranesi
William Gordon of
Fyvieby
Batoni
Marriage à la Mode by Hogarth
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews by Gainsborough
The Blue Boyby
Gainsborough
Statue of Shakespeare
byRoubiliac
Portrait of George III
byRamsay
Snowdon from Llyn Nantlle
by Wilson
An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump by Wright of Derby
Mrs. Siddons as the
Tragic Museby
Reynolds
Sir Walter Scott
byRaeburn
Neoclassicism, meaning “new classicism,” was inspired by the art of classical Greece and Rome—specifically its qualities of “noble simplicity and calm grandeur.” It was the dominant style of the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Neoclassical artists were often inspired by Greek and Roman history, literature, and myth, but they also treated many subjects, including portraits and landscapes, as well as themes from the political and social events of the time.
In its purest form, Neoclassical art is severe and high-minded, but it also has more intimate and decorative aspects. It emphasizes order and clarity. It is often characterized as a stern reaction against the frivolity of the preceding Rococo idiom.
Pope Clement XIIIby
Mengs
Parnassus by Mengs
Cupid and Psyche
byCanova
Marie Antoinette
byVigée-Lebrun
The Sleep of Endymion by Girodet
The Death of Marat
byDavid
Napoleon Crossing the
Alpsby
David
The Valpinçon Bather
byIngres
Horse Attacked by a Lion by Stubbs
The White House at Chelsea by Girtin
Greta Bridge by Cotman
As the population of the British colonies grew and colonists amassed greater wealth, the demand for consumer and luxury goods surged. The desire for fine furniture, prints, and paintings not only spurred a rich overseas trade, but it also increasingly supported the work of local artists.
Many colonial American artists were European-born and –trained, but European art centers also remained important destinations for aspiring American-born artists long after the War of Independence.
The birth of the nation stimulated greater interest in public sculpture and history painting. Portrait painting flourished, and political heroes, such as George Washington, offered ready material.
Rachel Weeping
byPeale
George Washington
byPeale
(1772)
George Washington
byPeale
(1776)
The Cabinet Room (and Reggie Bush)
GeorgeWashington at
Princetonby
Peale
(1779)
Thomas Jefferson
byPeale
(1791)
Thomas Jefferson
byPeale
(1790s)
Benjamin Franklin
byPeale
Watson and the Shark
byCopley
The Declaration of Independence by Trumbull
Benjamin Franklin
byTrumbull
