1. Rococo style was decorative, with asymmetrical designs, curves, with playful scenes depicted on furniture and vases. Gold was very popular in the furniture, churches, porcelain figures and vases. I like the Sevres porcelain potpourri vase (Fiero 58), it has a playful scenes with the cupids, has a lot of gold and wonderful gold throughout it. This piece has all the features of a Rococo vase.
2. Fete Galante is a French word that means “elegant entertainment” (Fiero 56). This could be a ball in a park setting, in a garden of an aristocrat, or a masquerade ball. I do not believe that this type of entertainment happened in contemporary society, it was reserved for the wealthy aristocrats.
3. Artist Greuze and Chardin’s paintings were of ordinary people performing their daily …show more content…
One event that inspired the neoclassical revival was the excavation at Herculaneum. This brought about the museums Louvr4e and Vatican to hold the artifacts. When Thomas Jefferson was designing the capital building, he used the ancient Roman Maison Carree as his model.
5. David’s Oath of Horatii, tells of a Roman event of a sword fight to win the control of central Italy. The three sons of Horatii volunteer to fight to the death in a battle. Two of the sons die, but the third wins.
This painting became the symbol of the French revolutionary spirit, because it shows the two men died for their patriotism. The soldiers are saluting the remaining brother who won.
6. Ingres’ Apotheosis of Homer used principles of symmetry and clarity in his painting. He has used the compositional pyramid which is shown with Homer at the top and Iliad and Odyssey at his feet.
7. The two principal meanings of the term classical style in music is clarity of form and purity of design. Clarity was heard in the repeating melodies that people could tell was the melody. The changes in tempo were gradual and not loud. The purity of design was that each piece should be rehearsed so that the music would have
2. Fete Galante is a French word that means “elegant entertainment” (Fiero 56). This could be a ball in a park setting, in a garden of an aristocrat, or a masquerade ball. I do not believe that this type of entertainment happened in contemporary society, it was reserved for the wealthy aristocrats.
3. Artist Greuze and Chardin’s paintings were of ordinary people performing their daily …show more content…
One event that inspired the neoclassical revival was the excavation at Herculaneum. This brought about the museums Louvr4e and Vatican to hold the artifacts. When Thomas Jefferson was designing the capital building, he used the ancient Roman Maison Carree as his model.
5. David’s Oath of Horatii, tells of a Roman event of a sword fight to win the control of central Italy. The three sons of Horatii volunteer to fight to the death in a battle. Two of the sons die, but the third wins.
This painting became the symbol of the French revolutionary spirit, because it shows the two men died for their patriotism. The soldiers are saluting the remaining brother who won.
6. Ingres’ Apotheosis of Homer used principles of symmetry and clarity in his painting. He has used the compositional pyramid which is shown with Homer at the top and Iliad and Odyssey at his feet.
7. The two principal meanings of the term classical style in music is clarity of form and purity of design. Clarity was heard in the repeating melodies that people could tell was the melody. The changes in tempo were gradual and not loud. The purity of design was that each piece should be rehearsed so that the music would have