Rococo Art

​The Passage of time - Baroque and Rococo

1640-1750

4.1.4 - Was due on the 6th

4.2.3 - Was due yesterday - the 17th

4.3.3 - Due this Friday

4.3.4 - Due April 26

4.4.2 - Due April 27

5.1.1 - Due May 1

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​Assignments:

Multiple Choice

This word came to English from a French word meaning "irregularly shaped." To refer to something as such was initially considered an insult.

• Baroque

• Naturalistic

• Tronie

• Foreshorten

​Moving from the Renaissance....

​Renaissance artists mastered perfection in art.

Proportion.

Mathematical perspective.

Balance in composition.

Accurate musculature and anatomy.

But then what happened???​

Multiple Choice

Baroque wanted to represent humans with dramatic poses and expressions.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

What art movement later replaced Baroque Art in Europe?

• Medieval

• Rococo

• Tenebrism

• Neoclassicism

​The Birth of Rococo

​Whimsical, fantastical

Leisurely, indulgent

Highly decorative

Less serious subject matter

Often reflects rich, upper-class life

Pioneered by Rubens - Who?​

Ru​benesque - term named after the style of Peter Paul Rubens to describe a voluptuous or curvy female figure

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Multiple Choice

Which event provoked the transition toward the new style called Rococo?

• The death of King Louis XIV

• The beginning of the French Revolution

• The Council of Trent of the Catholic Church

Based on theories and work of French painter, Nicholas Poussin - believed that heroic narratives were worth painting - he created the Grand Manner style.​

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​Major work - The Rape of the Sabine Women, 1633

​French Royal Academy

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​What led up to the French Royal Academy?

– art school dedicated to teaching classical art techniques

-          Poussin as an artist had the greatest influence over the ideas used by the French Royal Academy

-          Thought Dutch portraits and still lifes were poor types of art

-          Endorsed the Classical heroic and dramatic styles of the period​

Subject | Subject

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​Followers of the Academy split into two groups. The Poussinistes thought of art as intellectual and followed the Academy's rules, while the Rubenistes thought art should be emotional, dynamic and colorful.

​The French Royal Academy preferred Classical art.

Poussinistes Rubenistes

Anatomy Dynamic Composition

Ordered composition Color

Perspective Passion

Line Emotion

Intellect Expression​

Multiple Choice

The aristocracy characterized the style of Rococo Art.

• TRUE

• FALSE

​Statuesque figures

Classical influences - Greek, Renaissance

Organized, balanced compositions

Heroic, dramatic subject matter

Religious/Biblical subject matter

Prioneered by Poussin​

​Grand Manner Style

Whimsical, fantastical

Leisurely, indulgent

Highly decorative

Less serious subject matter

Often reflects rich, upper-class life

Pioneered by Rubens​​

​Rococo Style

Rococo vs. Grand Manner

Multiple Choice

Which is NOT a characteristic of a Rococo style?

• Use of Gold Ornaments

• Use of Pastel Color

• Symmetrical Plan

• Extremely Decorative

Multiple Choice

Rococo colors are dull and lack light

• True

• False

​4.3.4 Practice - Be the Critic

​You will now do an art critique of a 1739 painting by French artist François Boucher called Morning Coffee.

​Describe:

From the title, we can tell that this is a painting of a family sitting down to breakfast. There is a man serving something, a seated older woman, a seated younger women, and two small children. They are in a lavish, sun-filled room adorned with curtains and elaborate, sophisticated decorations.

​​IDENTIFY:

• François Boucher was a Rococo painter

• The highly decorated interior — especially the gold-trimmed mirror — indicates that this is most likely a Rococo interior.

• Even without the title and artist information, the visual elements indicate that this is a Rococo painting. The setting is a very adorned domestic space and the expressions of the figures suggest whimsy and delight.

• lavish, adorned, decorated, or fanciful.

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4.1.4 - Was due on the 6th

4.2.3 - Was due yesterday - the 17th

4.3.3 - Due this Friday

4.3.4 - Due April 26

4.4.2 - Due April 27

5.1.1 - Due May 1

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​Assignments:

​Exit ticket

In the chat, state which period you liked the best - Baroque or Rococo.

Does not mean you need to like it in terms of art today - just in terms of colors, line, subjects, etc.

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