2. RococoRococo rocaille ► Derived from the French word, rocaille, or pebbles, referring to the stones & shells used to decorate the interior of caves. ► Complex compositions. ► Ornateness and fussy details. ► Gaiety, lightness, and airyness --> the Rococo style “dances.” ► Portrays the carefree life of the aristocracy -- landscapes like fairy tales.

3. RococoRococo ► 1715 – 1774. ► Centered in France --> associated with Louis XV. [also Germany and Italy] ► Light, elaborate, decorative style. ► Pastels. ► A backlash to the darkness of the Baroque --> less formal & grandiose. ► Eventually replaced by Neo-Classicism, the artistic style of the American & French Revolutions.

4. “The Marriage Contract” Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1713

5. “The French Theater” Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1714

6. Antoine Watteau “Pilgrimage on the Isle of Cythera”

7. “The Pleasures of the Ball” Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1717

8. “The Pleasures of Life” Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718

9. “The Swing” Jean Honoré Fragonard 1766

10. “The Stolen Kiss” Jean Honoré Fragonard Late 1780s

11. “A Young Girl Reading” Jean Honoré Fragonard 1776

12. “The Meeting” Jean-Honore Fragonard

13. “The Triumph of Venus” François Boucher 1740

14. “La Toilette” – François Boucher, 1742

15. Francois Boucher “Lunch”

16. “The Marquis de Pompadou r” François Boucher 1756

17. “Morning Coffee” François Boucher 1739

18. Boucher: “Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas”

19. “The House of Cards” Jean Siméon Chardin 1735

20. “Winter” Etienne- Maurice Falconet 1771

21. “The Rape of Europa” Giovanni Domenico Ferretti, 1720- 40

22. Tiepolo Death of Hyacinth

23. Tiepolo “Apotheosis of Spain”

25. “Colonel St. Leger” Sir Joshua Reynolds 1778

26. “The Children of Edward Holland Cruttende n” Sir Joshua Reynolds

27. “Mr. & Mrs. Andrews” Thomas Gainsborough, 1750

28. “Portrait of a Lady in Blue” Thomas Gainsboro ugh Late 1770s

29. “Mary, Countess Howe” Thomas Gainsboroug h Late 1760

31. A Rococo Room

32. Wall Clock “Love Conquering Time” Charles Cressent 1740

33. “A Pair of Lovers” -Rococo ornamentation

34. “Fire Dog” François- Thomas Germain 1757

35. Furniture

36. Rococo living room

37. Rococo Architecture

38. Queluz Palace - Portugal

40. Building in Prague

41. “Pink Palace”

42. Arch house

43. Dresden Rococo

44. Church of Our Lady – Copenhagen, Denmark

45. Rococo church

46. Bavarian Church Germany

47. Antoine Watteau “Pilgrimage on the Isle of Cythera”

48. Tiepolo Death of Hyacinth

49. Tiepolo “Apotheosis of Spain”

50. Boucher: “Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas”

51. “The Meeting” Jean-Honore Fragonard