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Rococo (18 th Century) Danielle Laraque \. 18 th century [Late-Baroque] Emerged in France In 1699 King Louis XIV ordered the artists commissioned for.

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Page 1: Rococo (18 th Century) Danielle Laraque \. 18 th century [Late-Baroque] Emerged in France In 1699 King Louis XIV ordered the artists commissioned for.

Rococo(18th Century)

Danielle Laraque

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Page 2: Rococo (18 th Century) Danielle Laraque \. 18 th century [Late-Baroque] Emerged in France In 1699 King Louis XIV ordered the artists commissioned for.

18th century [Late-Baroque]Emerged in FranceIn 1699 King Louis XIV ordered the artists commissioned for works in Versailles to exemplify a more playful look.Rejected baroque's seriousnessAimed to look graceful and gentleAffected several different pieces of artBecame less popular when Neoclassicism emerged in France in the late 18th century

Background

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Graceful, gentle, fragile

Curves followed the lines of natural objects

Baroque depicted bravery and courage but Rococo showed aristocracy at play.

Unlike past art pieces which had religious aspects, Rococo was secular but spiritual at times

Rococo paintings were smaller compared to past ones

Bright colors, ornate details, interlaced designs

Characterisitics portrayed how Rococo art appealed to the wealthy of France.

Its lightness and allure illustrated Rococo as a dream of happiness.

Characteristics

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Jean-Honoré Fragonard“Young Girl

Reading”1776

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Antoine Watteau

“Return from Cythera”

1717-1719

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Walls, ceilings, and moldings had fragile interlacing of curves based on the letters “C” and “S”

Other natural shapes were also included in its form

Asymmetrical design was key

Light pastels, ivory white, and gold were the predominant colors

Mirrors were used to enhance architecture

Characteristics of Rococo Architecture

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Versailles building and The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, France Louis Le Vau,

Jules Hardouin Mansart, Philibert Le Roy1664-1710

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The Bishops Palace, the ResidenzThe residential palace of the Schönborn princebishop of Würzburg at Würzburg, GermanyBalthasar Neumann1720-1740

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“Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss”

Antonio Canova

1787-1793

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