Warm-up 4-29-15
Ch 27 L2 Rococo
Obj: SWBAT describe
typical Rococo style
painting of the 17th
century
Homework Due
Today:
Ch 28 Cue Cards
Respond to the following:
1. Describe Rembrandt’s style?
2. Why do we see still life, portraits and landscape
paintings during the 16th Century in Northern
Europe?
3. What is the meaning behind Dutch Still Life
paintings?
3. Describe Rembrandt’s innovation in rendering light, in both paintings and in
prints.
Master of light and shadow
Dramatic lighting but creates LESS abrupt and harsh/sharp lighting
He discovered GRADATIONS of light—SOFTER, value scale (slow light to
dark)
Focused on IDEA of light—manipulated lighting direction, intensity and distance
“Visual quietness”, tranquil meditation
What else about
Rembrandt?
Portrayed biblical
stories of inwardcontemplation
Lets light tell a story
Veiling certain people,
highlighting others
Dark backgrounds
Self-portraits—artists
craft, quiet
meditation
1. What historical factors account for the large demand for secular artworks,
including genre scenes, still lifes, portraits and landscapes in the Dutch
Republic in the 17th century?
still life images--Calvinist beliefs—more demand for symbolic, no overt
religious images, Dutch achievements of their travels, scientific accuracy of
painting
Portraits--Wealthier middle class, since of power & individualism
Landscapes—Dutch took back land from Spain, Dutch Pride--had relationships
with the land, most Dutch families were farmers
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What info is ESSENTIAL??
Artist Name--make sure you can match names to images
 Stylistic Characteristics—what is the difference between
styles? What makes on artist a cubist vs. a Dadaist vs. a
surrealist?
 Influences --who/what influenced the way they paint?
 Context & meaning—Why did the artist paint this way or create
this work? What are they trying to say?

ROCOCO: The French Taste
18th Cen. (1700s)
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CONTEXT: The Enlightenment
Industrial Revolution—technological advances (steam
engine, machines, factories)
• scientific advances/theories
SCIENCE!!!
The Enlightenment
• emphasis on Philosophy and REASON, not faith
• criticized Church & State for limiting human potential
• We are NOT here to serve aristocracy or God, but
ourselves
18th century Rise of DEMOCRACIES
The French Revolution – conflict over representation and
taxes = revolt against the monarchy
ALSO a period of Colonialism & Manifest Destiny/
Exploration
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ROCOCO: The French Taste
18th Cen. (1700s)
•
Rococo = began as an
interior design style
• Favored by aristocracy
(wealthy/powerful)…. Who
enjoyed “superficial
pleasures, playful sensuality”
• Characteristics of Rococo:
• Pastel colors
• Delicately curving forms
• Dainty figures
• Lighthearted mood
• Floral motifs
Froofy!
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Salon de la Princesse, in the Hôtel de Soubise in Paris
undulating lines, detailed foliage, shell motifs
ornamental designs- to excite and please the eye
GERMAIN
BOFFRAND, 1737–1740.
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Figure 28-2 FRANÇOIS DE CUVILLIÉS, Hall of Mirrors, the Amalienburg, Nymphenburg Palace park, Munich,
Germany, early 18th century.
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FRAGONARD,
The Swing
How is it Rococo?
Other Things:
• Atmospheric perspective
• Small figures in a
dominant gardenlike
setting
• Aristocrat and his
mistress
Cupid statue=love
• Shoe flying=Inappropriate
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VIGÉE-LEBRUN, SelfPortrait, 1790
Natural Portrait
Inspired by Rubens
Rococo coloring
Accepted to Royal
Academy with
Queen’s support
Paints Marie
Antoinette from
memory (who looks
upon the artist with
admiration)
Figure 28-13 ÉLISABETH LOUISE
VIGÉE-LEBRUN, Self-Portrait, 1790. Oil
on canvas, 8’ 4” x 6’ 9”. Galleria degli Uffizi,
Florence.
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HOGARTH,
Breakfast Scene
(British)
SATIRE
Hogarth believed
that art should
improve society
Illustrated
“moralizing tales”
in a series of
paintings
Reproduced as
prints
Arranged marriage
(for $$), which
eventually leads to
murder/suicide
Moral of the story: Rococo is frivolous, Society demeans
marriage
Figure 28-14 WILLIAM HOGARTH, Breakfast Scene, from Marriage à la Mode, ca.
1745. Oil on canvas, approx. 2’ 4” x 3’. National Gallery, London.
1.The Rococo style first appeared in 1700 in
what country?
A) Flanders
B) Italy
C) Spain
D) France
2. The Rococo style began primarily as a:
A) sculpture style
B) painting style
C) interior design style
D) drawing style
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3. Rococo paintings were most favored by:
A)French high society/ upper class
B)Italian high society / upper class
C)The French middle class
D)The German middle class
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4. How is this work,
Mrs. Richard Brinsley
Sheridan MOST
similar to Rococo
painting?
A) The feathery
brushwork
B) The lack of of
naturalism
C) The lack of space
D) The impasto
technique
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