6:30pm-9:45pm Art Appreciation The Happy Accident of the Swing Fragonard’s The Swing is a celebration of romance‚ frivolity that’s filled with marked by elaborate decorativeness‚ light colors‚ and organic forms‚ which were just a few of the characteristics that were representative of the Rococo movement in 18th century Paris‚ France. Jean Honoroe-Fragonard’s was a French born painter who throughout his life studied his craft in Paris and Italy under more well-known artists of the period‚ but
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Romantic Art genre portrays imagination and elaborate emotions. This genre challenged traditional society norms by showing sacrifices in order to establish liberty‚ equality‚ and humanity. An example of Rococo art is The Swing by Jean-Honore Fragonard. In this piece we have a woman on a swing surrounded by men and statues. She is ascending in the air whilst kicking off one of her shoes. At
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fantastical dreams of romance. Fragonard‘s the oil painting‚ "The Swing" has created in 1766. It is located in the Wallace Collection‚ London‚ United Kingdom. The image has shown as a major masterpiece of the Rococo style. The painting‚ "The Swing" was originally commissioned by a wealthy patron to keep in homage to his mistress. The medium of this art piece was oil on a canvas and stands at a height of 31 7/8 x 25 ¼. In this painting‚ Fragonard depicts a scene of scandal and flirtation‚ suggest a secret
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“The Swing” Analysis Presentation Date of Creation: 1767 Alternative Names: L’escarpolette Height (cm): 81.00 Length (cm): 64.20 Medium: Oil Support: Canvas Subject: Scenery Created by: Jean-Honoré Fragonard Current Location: London‚ United Kingdom Displayed at: Wallace Collection Owner: Wallace Collection Basic Information The image or painting I chose to analyze is called “The Swing” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard and it was completed in London 1767. This particular piece I would consider
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Sandro Botticelli painted “The birth of Venus” in 1485 and Jean-Honore Fragonard painted” Happy accidents of the swing” in 1767. Botticellis painting is tempera on canvas‚ while Fragonard painting is oil on canvas. Botticellis’ piece shows a scene of Venus rising from the sea‚ balanced on a sea shell. To the right of Venus right is Zephyrus‚ God of Winds‚ he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae‚ Goddess of the Seasons‚ waits to receive
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The Swing ¡§Inviting¡¨ is the word that comes to mind when I look at the painting The Swing. This masterpiece was Jean-Honore Fragonard¡¦s most famous Rococo piece painted in 1766. The most prominent reason I enjoy this painting is because there is some sort of story line or drama unveiling here. The painting is starring Barton de Saint-Julien and his mistress who is swinging on a twiddled vine looped down from a tree and co-starring is an older gentleman who is left back in the shadows as if
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Cultural Differences between Swing and Bebop By: Maria Kratz Misericordia University RUNNING HEAD: MUSIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Swing and bebop are jazz music styles that are very similar and hard to tell apart. Both are styles of jazz that originated with African music and started in New Orleans. Swing was highly influenced by jazz musician‚ Louis Armstrong.Bebop was highly influenced by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. When I think of swing‚ I think of the big bands with
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Throughout the book; Swing the Sickle for the Harvest is Ripe‚ Berry covers a lot of the issues such slavery and bondage. She shows how complicated life is for a slave and the slave holders. The gender‚ labor and social relationship throughout Georgia around the mid-1800s. Many words were used to describe how gender played a role throughout the book: “skilled and unskilled”. The two counties that was in the book was Wilkes‚ and Glynn Counties. These two counties had different slave systems. Wilkes
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The Swing by Pierre Renoir The impressionist movement started when Claude Monet and other artists held an exhibition in Paris in 1874. People like Edgar Degas‚ Claude Monet‚ Pierre Renoir‚ Camille Pissaro created their most important work between 1870 to around 1910. The critics gave the exhibition the worst reviews possible. "The critics considered Impressionist paintings an insult to viewers because they were expected to accept apparently unfinished art as a real’ painting." The name was
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the Nazi’s should find swing music to be more beneficial than unlawful‚ for the sheer fact that it will increase revenue towards the war‚ and decrease criminal like behaviors. Individuals express their emotions in a variety of ways. The most common way one expresses their emotions is through music. Music allows one to express his/her feelings‚ reducing anxiety and depression‚ and remains a constant when nothing else is. For that reason‚ it would be smart to reinstate swing music into Germany. Think
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