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Page 1: 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

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Joseph Wright of Derby 1. Work demonstrates increasing interest in

science

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

Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun

and Adelide Labille-Guiard

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

William Hogarth

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• First president of the British Royal Academy

• Famous for portraits of contemporary leaders

Joshua Reynolds

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

Deposition


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