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Rococo

1700-1760

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Background

• Grew out of Baroque movement• Highly decorative…building upon the lavish use of

expensive materials found in Baroque…bronze, marble etc

• Dominant center is France• Louis the XIV is gone and Louis the XV is not as

formal…more lighthearted• Rococo most likely came from french word: rocaille

=meaning rock and shell garden ornamentation • Beauty and whimsy over intellect • Themes: Romance, mythology, everyday life for

aristocracy, religion, history, & fantasy

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Characteristics

• Over the top ornamentation• Highly gilded• Curved, asymmetrical forms• Graceful movement• Delicate colors• Feminine appeal• Great interior embellishments• Portraiture for rising middle class and aristocracy• Use of wood then gilding for medium

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Francois Boucher (1703 - 1770)

•French Painter

•Parent is artist and taught Francois at early age

•Began artistic career as an engraver, meticulously copying the paintings of Watteau

•Won the prix de Rome in 1723

•Patroness in Madame de Pompadour…extremely influential in Rococo movement

•Decorated her palace with paintings of mythological subjects

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Angelica and

Medoro 1763oil on

canvas

http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/all/angelica_and_medoro_francois_boucher/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=12382&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=0&dd2=0&vw=0&collID=0&OID=110000175&vT=1&hi=0&ov=0
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Shepherd's Idyll 1768oil on

canvas

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The Toilette

of Venus1751oil on

canvas

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Jean-honore Fragonard 1732 - 1806

• Born in France • Studied under Boucher and in Italy• Loved italian landscapes as subject• Skill earned him the place as leader of Rococo

movement• Painting “The Swing” epitomizes period• Works challenged concepts of propiety• Died in poverty when Rococo ended and Neo-

Classism came

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The Swing1765oil on

canvas

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The Stolen Kiss 1756-61 oil on canvas

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The Love Letter

1770 oil on

canvas

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Jean-Antoine Watteau

• October 10, 1684 - July 18, 1721 • Born in Flemish town of Valenciennes, part of France• Studied painting as youth• Moved on to Paris for better training• Initially worked as copy artist for popular dutch and

flemish styled paintings• Established his own “sketch-like” style and became

known as one of the first Rococo artists • It is said that he created the genre of “fetes galantes” :

scenes of bucolic & idyllic charm in a theatrical manner

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Fêtes galantes oil on canvas

http://www.jean-antoine-watteau.org/F%C3%AAtes-galantes-large.html
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The Bird Nester1710oil on

canvas

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Summer 1712oil on

canvas

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Etienne-maurice Falconet

• 1716 - 1791

• director of the Sevres factory from 1757 to 1766

• Moved to Russia and worked for Catherine II

• Created famous sculpture of Peter the Great in St. Petersburg 1782

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Milone de Cotrone 1754 Marble

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L'Amour menaçant

1757

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Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli 1700-1771

• Italian born,

• Russian naturalized

• Father a sculptor

• First traveled to Russia with father

• Later, appointed senior court architect

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Winter Palace

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Catherine Palace Russia

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Unknown French, about 1720 - 1725 Gilt bronze, with a core of oak

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Resources

• http://wwar.com/masters/movements/rococo.html

• http://www.jean-antoine-watteau.org/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Bartolomeo_Rastrelli

http://wwar.com/masters/movements/rococo.html
http://wwar.com/masters/movements/rococo.html
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Critique: Wieskirche

Church in Bavaria

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Comparative summary

Two Court Ladies Out Shooting with Their Retinue

in a Wooded River Landscape

  by Amigoni Jacopo

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