Rococo & The Enlightenment The French Taste and Beyond

18th Century 1715 Death of Louis XIV- royal patronage declined Paris hotel –elegant townhouse, and salon Patronage- French aristocracy to middle class and bourgeoisie Madame de Pompadour (France) Industrial Revolution Musical giants- Vivaldi, Bach, Hayden and Mozart France & Austria- Seven Year’s War England- New World, India American Revolution French Revolution

18th Centruy Rococo- 1700- 1775 Rocaille and coquille “rock” and “shell” Extension of Baroque Ornate, frivolous style Aristocratic appeal Mainly France England and America- Baroque

The Age of Enlightenment Rene Descartes- “I think, therefore I am” Denis Diderot- study from nature, outside Divine right of kings? Reason and intellect, human ability to control nature

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Rococo- style of interior design Germain Boffrand Salon de la Princesse with painting by Charles-Joseph Natoire and sculpture by J.B. Lemoine Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, France 1737-1740 Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Rococo- style of interior design

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Rococo in Germany François de Cuvilliès Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. François de Cuvilliès Hall of Mirrors, the Amalienburg Nymphenburg Palace Park, Munich, Germany early 18th C. Rococo in Germany

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Rococo v. Baroque

Most prominent Rococo painter Born in Flanders -> France overall mood, feeling? shimmer of color Different patrons of 17th vs. 18th c. Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Antoine Watteau L’Indifferent ca. 1716 oil on canvas 10 x 7 in.

Rubens influence – color, painterly Fete galante Classical Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Antoine Watteau Return from Cythera 1717-1719 oil on canvas 4 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 4 in. Rubens influence – color, painterly Fete galante Classical Light, color

Painter for Madame de Pompadour Allegories Italian and French Baroque Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. François Boucher Cupid a Captive 1754 oil on canvas 5 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 10 in.

Boucher’s student Textures Patterns Content Classical Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Swing 1766 oil on canvas 2 ft. 11 in. x 2 ft. 8 in.

The Age of Enlightenment Rene Descartes- “I think, therefore I am” The encyclopedia Isaac Newton Denis Diderot- study from nature, outside Science and rational improvement of Society Voltaire- the personification of the Enlightenment spirit Court of Louis XVI Divine right of kings? Reason and intellect, human ability to control nature

illustrations and teaching aids for doctors scientific interests illustrations and teaching aids for doctors more accurate than previous Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. William Hunter Child in Womb from Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus 1774

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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Joseph Wright of Derby A Philosopher Giving a Lecture at the Orrery ca. 1763-1765 oil on canvas 4 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. Painting reflects the Enlightenment Electricity Power of steam Industrial Revolution- England

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morals found in peasant’s simple life owned by King Louis XV France- natural Baroque? bourgeois realism genre scenes morals found in peasant’s simple life owned by King Louis XV Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin Grace at Table 1740 oil on canvas 1 ft. 7 in. x 1 ft. 3 in.

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Soap Bubble Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin The Soap Bubble ca. 1739 oil on canvas 61 x 63 cm

one of few women admitted to Academy Rococo? self-confident one of few women admitted to Academy Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat after 1782 Oil on canvas, 98 x 70 cm Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun Self-Portrait 1790 oil on canvas 8 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. 9 in.

Élisabeth Louise Vigée-Lebrun Marie Antoinette and Her Children 1788, Oil on canvas 8 ft. 10 in. x 6 ft. 4 3/4 in.

Satirical art- middle class Social commentary Moral intentions England- natural Baroque? Satirical art- middle class Social commentary Moral intentions Hogarth defined English style of painting Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. William Hogarth Breakfast Scene from Marriage à la Mode ca. 1745 oil on canvas 2 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft.

leading artist in Grand Manner portraiture Rococo? Landscape + portriats leading artist in Grand Manner portraiture Blue Boy c. 1770,oil on canvas 70.0 in × 44.1 in Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Thomas Gainsborough Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1787 oil on canvas 7 ft. 2 5/8 in. x 5 ft. 5/8 in.

Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces Rococo Portraits + classical soft, elegant Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Sir Joshua Reynolds Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces 1765 oil on canvas 7 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft.

key = victory unidealized realism Sir Joshua Reynolds Lord Heathfield Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Sir Joshua Reynolds Lord Heathfield 1787 oil on canvas 4 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. 9 in.

Leading portraitist to George Washington American Revolution Colonial America Leading portraitist to George Washington American Revolution Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Charles Wilson Peale George Washington ca. 1779-81 oil on canvas 95 x 61 3/4 in.

Subject: contemporary historical realism + drama English general defeat of French in Quebec Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Benjamin West The Death of General Wolfe 1771 oil on canvas approximately 5 x 7 ft. Pennsylvania born- went to England cofounder of Royal Academy of Arts succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds- president official painter to King George III

English portrait style Painted BEFORE England silversmith Baroque? Massachusetts left for England English portrait style Painted BEFORE England silversmith Baroque? Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. John Singleton Copley Portrait of Paul Revere ca. 1768-1770 oil on canvas 2 ft. 11 1/8 in. x 2 ft. 4 in.

very realistic landscapes, details Italy Baroque? camera obscura very realistic landscapes, details Venice Slide concept by William V. Ganis, PhD FOR EDUCATIONAL USE ONLY For publication, reproduction or transmission of images, please contact individual artists, estates, photographers and exhibiting institutions for permissions and rights. Canaletto dome of the Chapel of Saint Ivo College of the Sapienza Rome, Italy begun 1642