Rococo

The Baroque artworks were famous for their dramatic lighting (Baroque and Rococo Art lecture notes). This was one of the strongest evidences that makes Christ Crowned with Thorns an example of Baroque artwork. The painting, Christ Crowned with Thorns has a strong contrast of light and dark throughout the whole painting. The only…

Francois Broucher was a popular French artist in the 18th century known for Rococo Style paintings. He painted a lot of classical, decorative, and pastoral scenes. Most of his artwork represented nature and landscape. As a seventeen year old boy Broucher became known for one of his paintings and three months later worked for an engraver. He married at the age of thirty to a woman named Marie-Jeanne Buzeau and they had three kids together . He used his wife and children in some of his paintings…

the other is from the French eighteenth century style, Rococo. Chéret’s use of the Rococo Style was a response to the condition of French society in the 1870s. Having lost a war and experiencing a decline in industrial production, France needed to keep their leadership in innovation in the arts. Chéret responded by using a style that was significantly French in a time where the French people began doubting themselves. With that said the Rococo style relied on…

The structure showed anatomical precision and an infallible sense for the organic coherence and structure of the human body. The sculpture showed naturalism and was emotionally intense and was also three dimensional. Rococo art was a French style of art which was decorative. Rococo artists used light colors and asymmetrical designs. I am going to talk about a painting that was made by Jean-Antione Watteau known as the Embarkation of Cythera. The painting shows a celebration that happened after…

life. During the Enlightenment a new style of art began to emerge, Rococo. Townhouses in Paris began to be filled with artwork emphasizing this new style. The paintings were softer and more elegant than previous styles of work, which fit in perfectly with the high-class homes that strived to display their wealth. Rococo style was not only seen in artwork, but was also emphasized in the architecture in the interior of homes. Rococo had a very detailed and extravagant type of interior dressing,…

and protracted affair, featuring battles, thousands of public beheadings and a multi-year “Reign of Terror”. The art and artists of the period (Encyclopedia of Art History, n.d.) Three artistic styles are highly relevant to the French Revolution. Rococo was in vogue prior to the Revolution, or at least prior to its antecedents. Rococo’s frivolism was readily identifiable with the predilections of the monarchy and aristocracy, and the backlash against it in favour of Neoclassicism mirrored the…

influenced architecture and fine art as well, example (Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical), and that paved the way for the appearance of various styles ancient and modern ones , Egyptian Architecture ,Sumerian Architecture , Early Irish Architecture , Minoan Architecture , Greek Architecture , Roman Architecture , Byzantine Architecture , Gothic Architecture , Renaissance-Style Architecture , Baroque Architecture , Rococo Architecture , Neoclassical Architecture , 19th Century…

Truthfully I never gave much thought to what effect science had or has on art. Even with my background being principally in the Architecture and Design, it was always just numbers to me. Art to me is something that is subjective at best, I love the craftsman style that doesn’t mean everybody does. Below is my interpretation of this week’s readings. Renaissance I am not sure if you would express [1] “Vitruvian Man” by Leonardo da Vinci as a work of art, undoubtedly this is a clear-cut display…

that these items were very popular during her time period. She accessorizes with Bergere hats, neck ruffles, pearls, and use buckles on her heels (See Figure 4.3). Most of the time Madame de Pompadour were seen in pastel colors; which represent the Rococo…

area of Puerto Rico is 9,104 sq km or 3515.074 miles of land. Two famous pop singers from Puerto Rico are Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi. José Campeche is considered the first most famous artist in Puerto Rico. He was considered the best rococo artist of his time. Rococo art has soft colors, curved lines, and peaceful scenes. He is famous for his paintings, one of these paintings was the Don Jose Mas Ferrer. It was a painting of a British soldier in a red…