Was born in Paris where it coincided with the reign of Louis 15 th It was outdated by the 1760s in France but it continued to impact other parts of Europe The name derives from rocaille ID: 254009
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ROCOCO ARTSlide2
Was born in Paris where it coincided with the reign of Louis 15
th
It was out-dated by the 1760s in France, but it continued to impact other parts of EuropeThe name derives from rocaille motif of shell work and pebbles ornamenting grottoes and fountains It was playful, superficial and alive with energy
ORIGINS Slide3
Rococo art was as decorative and non-functional as the effete aristocracy that embraced it.
After the death of Louis 14
th (1715), the aristocracy abandoned Versailles for Paris where the salons of their ornate townhouses epitomized the new Rococo styleThe nobility lived a frivolous existence devoted to pleasure, reflected in a characteristic painting, ‘fete galante’aristocracySlide4
Pilgrimage to Cythera ,
Antoine Watteau
Romantic couples frolic on an enchanted isle of eternal youth and love.Slide5
Rococo is seen both as the climax and fall of Baroque art.
After
the heavy works created in the Baroque style artists were ready for a change. The Rococo manner was a reaction against the"grand manner" of art identified with the baroque formality and rigidity of court life.Baroque artSlide6
The paintings of Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) and Francois Boucher (1703-70), Jean Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) signalled a change in art from the serious and grandiose to the superficial and frothy
Rococo art was light, airy, decorative and mostly used pastels
A difference from the past, the art depicted flirtatious and frivolous subjects-it was carefree and very different from what had come beforeA Change in artSlide7
Rococo art portrayed a world of artificiality, make-believe, and game-playing.
Although
less formal, it was essentially an art of the aristocracy and emphasized what seem now to have been the unreflective and indulgent lifestyles of the aristocracy rather than piety, morality, self-discipline, reason, and heroism (all of which can be found in the baroque).Slide8
enchanting
fantasy
EscapeeroticSlide9
Source: Fragonard’s ‘The Swing’
Here you see pretty pink nudes in seductive poses earning Fragonard great success because he did not want to pain from life, saying that it was too green and badly lit. This is his best known work where a girl on a swing flirtatiously kicks off a satin slipper while an admirer below peeks up her lacy petticoats.Slide10
Jean-
Honoré
FragonardPleasureFlirtatious Slide11
Vigée LeBrun,
Marie Antoinette, 1788Slide12
Rococo art was mostly used within the home and acted as interior design:
Gilded woodwork
Painted panelsEnormous wall mirrorsRichly carved furnitureGobelin (woven) upholsteryClothing, silverwork and china was overwrought with curlicues as well as flowers, shells and leaves
Interior designSlide13
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