The Swing Compared To Fragonard's The Swing

The eighteenth century, Rococo era, was a light-hearted time being pre-revolutionary. This was a period the postmodern world would attempt to emulate. Rococo was a time of, intellectual, social, and political achievements. Not until the eighteenth century did many of the plans and ideas of the last one-hundred years were finally undertaken. Mathematics and the sciences were being accepted and embraced. They were changing the way that society thought and acted. Democracy began to seed in the world and overtake monarchy in Europe. After Louis XIV died, the arts became more excessive than it was in the Baroque era. Sculpture became more delicately carved while architecture metamorphosed into a more decorative style. Paintings most often commissioned by the aristocracy used pastel colors, and showed themes of fantasy, pleasure, and sensuality. Women’s …show more content…
The most common place to find its reconstruction is in Disney movies. From Tangled to Frozen, Disney has implemented to is many times. However the most recent was in the 2015 live action Cinderella. Similar to Fragonard's painting, this reenactment also takes place in a garden. However that is not where the similarities end. In fact, the entire movie seems to be hinting at it. Ella and the Prince first meet in a Forest much like the garden Fragonard depicted. Disney’s forest symbolizes Ellas dark, untamed, and forbidden emotions; similar to how no one is to know about the Madame and her lover. The butterflies associated with Ella in this version convey a metamorphosis from ugly into beauty. The Rococo era was known for metamorphosing from practical to decorative in architecture and other such forms of art. And finally, a glass shoe. Feet symbolize the will in both artworks while glass symbolizes personal reflection and inner-meditation. Both of the characters lose a shoe in the name of love. Themes of love and rising tides of passion as depicted is both