Traci Rose Campbell
MU Museum Extra Credit
The work I have choose from the Missouri University Museum is Young Woman with a Sprig of Jasmine. The Rococo style painting was done by Pietro Rotari. Rotari was born into a Veronese family in 1707. In Venice, he received training from Antonio Balestra then went back to Verona to open a painting school. Pietro Rotari spent his last couple years working for the Russian aristocracy until he died in 1762.
Rotari worked in the Rococo era which was characterized by pastel colors and a cheerful mood. Young Woman with a Sprig of Jasmine was finished in 1760. The work displayed the ideal beautiful woman or some may say “pin-up” girl. The woman in the painting has very pale skin, a low cut shirt and fashionable jewelry. I believe her appearance shows that she is wealthy and intelligent. Because of the color scheme, story of the woman being simply idealized and era I compared it to …show more content…
Both of the paintings were done in the Rococo period, using pastel colors. The paintings used soft hues to create a light hearted feeling. Both of the women painted, have soft pale skin and pink lips to show perfection and idealism. Also, the women portray beauty in that era by wearing low cut corsets. Rotari wanted his painting to represent the beautiful women of the Rococo period. Maurice-Quentin de La Tour showed Madame de Pompadour an arbiter of good taste and beauty. The artists show their women to be smart by giving a distant look in both of the women faces. It shows that both women is seeking out something or someone. Madame de Pompadour could be waiting for Louis XV and the woman in Rotari’s painting could be waiting for her man. She is shown as a pin-up girl, so, there is no doubt she has multiple men.
Both of the paintings have multiple similarities such as color scheme, era it was finished and concept between their women. The two works convey a great example of the women during the 19th
MU Museum Extra Credit
The work I have choose from the Missouri University Museum is Young Woman with a Sprig of Jasmine. The Rococo style painting was done by Pietro Rotari. Rotari was born into a Veronese family in 1707. In Venice, he received training from Antonio Balestra then went back to Verona to open a painting school. Pietro Rotari spent his last couple years working for the Russian aristocracy until he died in 1762.
Rotari worked in the Rococo era which was characterized by pastel colors and a cheerful mood. Young Woman with a Sprig of Jasmine was finished in 1760. The work displayed the ideal beautiful woman or some may say “pin-up” girl. The woman in the painting has very pale skin, a low cut shirt and fashionable jewelry. I believe her appearance shows that she is wealthy and intelligent. Because of the color scheme, story of the woman being simply idealized and era I compared it to …show more content…
Both of the paintings were done in the Rococo period, using pastel colors. The paintings used soft hues to create a light hearted feeling. Both of the women painted, have soft pale skin and pink lips to show perfection and idealism. Also, the women portray beauty in that era by wearing low cut corsets. Rotari wanted his painting to represent the beautiful women of the Rococo period. Maurice-Quentin de La Tour showed Madame de Pompadour an arbiter of good taste and beauty. The artists show their women to be smart by giving a distant look in both of the women faces. It shows that both women is seeking out something or someone. Madame de Pompadour could be waiting for Louis XV and the woman in Rotari’s painting could be waiting for her man. She is shown as a pin-up girl, so, there is no doubt she has multiple men.
Both of the paintings have multiple similarities such as color scheme, era it was finished and concept between their women. The two works convey a great example of the women during the 19th