CHANGES IN 18 TH CENTURY EUROPEAN ART

CHANGES IN 18TH CENTURY

EUROPEAN ART

Rococo Declines 1. Now seen as too frivolous 2. People influenced by the ideas of the

Enlightenment

Joseph Wright of Derby 1. Work demonstrates increasing interest in

science

Two most important French female artists Admitted to Royal Academy in Paris

Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun

and Adelide Labille-Guiard

• Father of English painting • Satirized the foibles of the English aristocracy • Created engravings to accompany paintings

William Hogarth

• First president of the British Royal Academy

• Famous for portraits of contemporary leaders

Joshua Reynolds

Benjamin West The Death of General West • American painter who moved to England• Grand historical painting • Composition resembles Van der Weyden's

Deposition