ROCOCO & NEOCLASSICISM
ROCOCO & NEOCLASSICISM
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ROCOCO
ROCOCO
Key Ideas: 1700-1750
Key Ideas: 1700-1750
Shift of power to the aristocrats paralleled in Baroque and Rococo.
French Royal Academy set the taste for art in Paris
Strong Satirical paintings
Epitome: paintings that show aristocrats having fun: parities, picnics, affairs etc.
NEOCLASSICAL
NEOCLASSICAL
Key Ideas: (the start of the Enlightenment) 1750-1815
Key Ideas: (the start of the Enlightenment) 1750-1815
Enlightenment brought about the rejection of royal and aristocratic authority
Supported by Napoleon in order to associate himself with the successes of the Ancient Roman Empire.
Jacques-Louis David becomes First Painter
Neoclassical art was more democratic
Late 18th century = Industrial Revolution (cast iron, and carvings from bronze cheaper than marble
Neoclassical = head/mind=focus on motives for war & lofty patriotic ideas
101. The Swing. Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1767 C.E. Oil on canvas.smarthistory.org/jean-honore-fragonard-the-swing/
https://mymodernmet.com/fragonard-the-swing/
105. Self-Portrait. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. 1790 C.E. Oil on canvas. smarthistory.org/elisabeth-louise-vigee-le-brun-self-portrait/
98. The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode. William Hogarth. c. 1743 C.E. Oil on canvas.
100. A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery. Joseph Wright of Derby. c. 1763–1765 C.E. Oil on canvas.
smarthistory.org/joseph-wright-of-derby-a-philosopher-giving-a-lecture-at-the-orrery/
102. Monticello. Virginia, U.S. Thomas Jefferson (architect). 1768–1809 C.E. Brick, glass, stone, and wood. smarthistory.org/jefferson-monticello/
103. The Oath of the Horatii. Jacques-Louis David. 1784 C.E. Oil on canvas.
104. George Washington. Jean-Antoine Houdon. 1788–1792 C.E. Marble. smarthistory.org/houdon-george-washington/
107. La Grande Odalisque. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814 C.E. Oil on canvas.
smarthistory.org/painting-colonial-culture-ingress-la-grande-odalisque/
VOCABULARY
VOCABULARY
Caprice
Odalisque
School
The sublime
Academy
Exemplum virtutis
Fete galante
Grand Tour
Pastel
Salon
ARTWORK LIST
ARTWORK LIST
Rococo
Rococo
98. The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode. William Hogarth. c. 1743 C.E. Oil on canvas.
101. The Swing. Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1767 C.E. Oil on canvas.
105. Self-Portrait. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. 1790 C.E. Oil on canvas.
Neoclassical
Neoclassical
100. A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery. Joseph Wright of Derby. c. 1763–1765 C.E. Oil on canvas.
102. Monticello. Virginia, U.S. Thomas Jefferson (architect). 1768–1809 C.E. Brick, glass, stone, and wood.
103. The Oath of the Horatii. Jacques-Louis David. 1784 C.E. Oil on canvas.
104. George Washington. Jean-Antoine Houdon. 1788–1792 C.E. Marble.
107. La Grande Odalisque. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814 C.E. Oil on canvas.
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
William Hogarth – Marriage à-la-mode
Article: Romanticism to Realism (from The Visual Arts: A History 4th ed.)
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