1. ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

2. ROCOCO ROCOCO WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1730s STRESSED GRACE AND GENTLE ACTION CURVES AND NATURAL SETTINGS SECULAR GOLDS AND CREAMS

3. BAROQUE-ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE BALTHASAR NEUMANN 1687-1753

4. NEUMANN’S FOURTEEN SAINTS

5. ROCOCO ART: ANTOINE WATTEAU WATTEAU (1684-1721)- FRENCHMAN WHOSE WORK CENTERED AROUND TOWN LIFE IN FRANCE KNOWN FOR LYRICAL VIEWS OF NOBLE LIFE WITH UNDERLYING SADNESS THEMES OF COURTLY LOVE

6. WATTEAU’S DELIGHT OF LIFE

7. WATTEAU’S EMBARKATION TO CYTHERA

8. G.B. TIEPOLO – ROCOCO ARTIST 1696-1770 ITALIAN WHO HAS BEEN CALLED A “UNIVERSAL PAINTER” ABILITY TO CREATE MASTERPIECES IN ALL FIELDS OF PAINTING: FRESCOES, RELIGIOUS & CIVIC ART, PORTRAITS, SKETCHES, ETCHINGS KNOWN FOR HIS ELEGANT & LIGHT STYLE

9. TIEPOLOS’ WOMAN WITH MANDOLIN

10. TIEPOLO’S SEATED RIVER GOD

11. JEAN HONORÉ FRAGONARD LATE ROCOCO FRENCH ARTIST (1732- 1806) KNOWN FOR HEDONISTIC AND LUSH SCENES PLAYFUL SUBJECT MATTER THICK USE OF PAINT—IMPASTO

12. FRAGONARD’S HAPPY ACCIDENTS OF THE SWING

13. NEOCLASSICAL ART 17 TH & 18 TH CENTURY MOVEMENT NEOCLASSICAL ARTISTS SOUGHT TO RECAPTURE THE DIGNITY AND SIMPLICITY OF THE CLASSICAL APPEAL OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS IMPORTANT ARTISTS IN THIS ERA INCLUDED NICOLAS POUSSIN AND JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID

14. NICOLAS POUSSIN - FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL PAINTER 1594-1665

15. POUSSIN’S RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN

16. POUSSIN’S LANDSCAPE

17. JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL ARTIST (1748-1825)

18. BAROQUE MUSIC STYLE 1600-1750 ORNATE AND COMPLEX MUSICAL PATTERNS RELIGIOUS FOCUS, BUT ALSO SECULAR MUSIC OPERA, CONCERTO, CHAMBER MUSIC, ORATORIO, HARPSICHORD

19. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750 Mass in B Minor Saint Matthew’s Passion Cantatas (choral work) Motets ("a cappella" ) His task in life “well- ordered music in honor of God”

20. George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) More secular than Bach Started by writing operas Often wrote huge, unusual-sounding pieces Best known work is religious—Messiah

21. CLASSICAL ERA OF MUSIC 1750-1830 FULL ORCHESTRATION SYMPHONIES PIANO THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT HAYDN, MOZART BEETHOVEN

22. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Ushers in Classical Era of music Music center shifts from Italy to Germany and Austrian Empire Prolific—composed over 100 symphonies

23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Child prodigy: first concerto at 6, first opera at age 12 Dies debt-ridden pauper at age 35 Widely considered the greatest classical composer—embodies grace, precision and emotion Wrote three of the world’s greatest operas: Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni