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Louis XV & Madame de Pompadour Which one dictated the Rococo style?

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2 Louis XV & Madame de Pompadour Which one dictated the Rococo style?

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4 The Analysis of Beauty, William Hogarth, 1753 the line of beauty—3D curve; S shape twisted slightly cabriole leg—taken from the bodily form of a woman

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6 Chaise Rococo (1720s-60s) cabriole leg women & natural forms—major themes in tapestry, upholstery, ornamentations

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8 Console Table, Louis XV / Rococo Furniture, (1720s-60s)

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10 Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes that civilization has become overly refined—resulting in more immoral and vicious people; city conditions nobles back in Paris—living amongst the poor

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12 THE PROGRESS OF LOVE four panels painted in 1771–73 for Madame Du Barry, remaining panels in 1790–91. Oil on canvas Fragonard The Pursuit; The Meeting; Love Letters; The Lover Crowned

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14 THE SWING Late 18 th century Oil on canvas Fragonard

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16 French Rococo design details: mirrors above mantles boiserie on walls cabriole leg—dead give away for Rococo much more delicate, curvacious— distinctly feminine Clock Room in The Palace at Versailles

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18 Boiserie— gilded wood ribbons become popular

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20 Hotels Crozat and D’Evreux Corps de Logis—perceived front of the home requires a re-orientation due the irregularity of the site facades built by Mansart for Louis XIV as public buildings—library, banks, etc… Lousi XIV dies, nobles need a place to live

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22 Salon Ovale Hotel de Soubise, Paris, by architect Germain Boffrand, interiors by Charles Natoire, c. 1720s-30

23 Fauteuil scale is smaller—for comfort wherever body touches chair—padded gilded (distinctly French) cabriole leg textile—naturalistic pattern (large roses); tone on tone; silk manchettes

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26 Bergere closed armchair very upholstered unbroken curved line

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28 Canape

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30 Bureau Plat

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32 Coleshill (country home) Berkshire, England, architect Sir Roger Pratt, 1650s Double Pile House two rooms deep central corridor meant for servants—enfilade public hall—most ornamented and expensive room in the space parlor, antechamber & chamber sequence nonexistent in England

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34 Hall at Coleshill (country home) Georgian interior characteristics modeled figures classical orders delicate motifs asymmetry undulating line natural forms exterior details

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36 Queen Anne Chair, c.1700-30, walnut walnut made it difficult to carve details sometimes called the parrot chair cupid’s bow English generally leave back legs square—Marlboro leg

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38 Queen Anne Highboy c. 1700-30, walnut

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40 Modern Chairs or In the French Style, 1754 Thomas Chippendale, London

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42 various chairs/Pie Crust Side Table attributed to Thomas Chippendale, London

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44 plaster Chinoiserie design details Claydon House Luke Lightfoot 1750s

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46 Chippendale bed became popular showed wealth, education, and that you were well traveled

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48 Chiswick, near London, (Neo- Palladian villa) by Lord Burlington, 1720s picturesque interiors—color scheme changes dramatically

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50 Strawberry Hill Gothic Revival Villa, Twickenham, England, by Horace Walpole, et. al., 1750-70s picturesque planning rooms are all different shapes and circulation is unclear

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52 The Great Cloister; Strawberry Hill Gothic Revival Villa, Twickenham, England, by Horace Walpole, et. al., 1750-70s Georgian coloration—color on white; Rococo tone on tone pattern on wall; Gothic Revival detailing


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