French Rococo Era Painter‚ 1703-1770 Francois Boucher seems to have been perfectly attuned to his times‚ a period which had cast off the pomp and circumstance characteristic of the preceding age of Louis XIV and had replaced formality and ritual by intimacy and artificial manners. Boucher was very much bound to the whims of this frivolous society‚ and he painted primarily what his patrons wanted to see. It appears that their sight was best satisfied by amorous subjects‚ both mythological and contemporary
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Professor Hauch Humanities: 15th to 20th Centuries: 352685 07 November 2011 Rococo vs. Neoclassical France is known for being one of many artist powerhouses of the 18th century. The art styles reflected the attitude and culture of the time. Two major styles‚ Rococo and Neoclassical varied in similarities and differences such as theme‚ style‚ and whether the artist was influenced politically or philosophical. It’s true that Rococo was taken by storm over night at the dawn of Neoclassical. However both
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STYLE FILE Origin Italy France Major Influences *Italian art‚ painting and architecture *Light-hearted themes on painting architecture and sculpture. *‘feminine style’- furniture‚ tapestry‚ clothing‚ interior design Notable Features *Intellectual and artificial‚ elongated forms‚ exaggerated and manipulated space * sophisticated‚ light and airy‚ elegant and curvy Key Facts *a reaction against the used of certainty in building structures *something out of the ‘conventional’ *no
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Baroque‚ Rococo‚ Neoclassical and Romantic Art Since the beginning of human civilization‚ there were always differences in life depending on whether you have a lot of money‚ a decent amount of money‚ or barely enough money to live on. Art is a great way to compare and contrast the differences of how people lived back in the day whether they were swimming in money as Kings and Queens‚ or doing everything they could to scrape up some coins to buy bread for their family. In the Baroque‚ Rococo‚ Neoclassical
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the evolution of the idea of beauty through the history of art. The idea of beauty‚ the perfect human body‚ is a result of culture: religious functions‚ advertisements‚ economy‚ and other factors. The definition of beauty is not an inherent concept‚ since every age‚ place and social class formed its own ideal of it. This evolution of beauty is shown explicitly through the history of art. Art‚ in different periods‚ was influenced mainly by history and religion. I will discuss this transition from
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and the building of the pyramids but as I got older I always started to wonder what the time was really like. Going over chapter three I found that that time period was actually very important in a lot of ways but even more important was their use of art and the forms they used it in‚ all the amazing monuments that were built by them‚ the writings and drawings on the walls full of stories and different interpretations. The time of these great accomplishments span over three millennia. Even years after
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ART HISTORY LECTURE NOTES 1 AH1.1 (I) Early Civilizations: PRE-HISTORICAL ART -art before historical documentation 3 periods of Pre-Historical art (The Stone Ages/Megalithic) -Paleolithic (32000-15000BC) -Mesolithic (15000-8000BC) -Neolithic (8000-1500BC) Forms of art -cave wall painting -chattel art -mobilary: figurings Characteristics -crude and unrefined -organic and of earth pigments Contents -bisons‚ horses -hunting‚ tribal wars -funeral scenes Important sites
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Art History Museum Paper This past weekend‚ I decided to re-visit the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and picked out the Reclining Nude by Jean-Antoine Watteau which dated 1713-1717 and its medium was oil on panel. Usually‚ the works of art that are showcased in a museum are hung along the sides of the walls for the viewers to have easy access to seeing them. The work of art I chose was placed in a very small insert along the wall that wasn’t even big enough to fit 5 people in. I would say that
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Contemplation Over the weekend I went to the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana‚ they had interesting exhibits on The Art of Van Cleef & Arpels and Revolution to Romanticism. As I walked through the exhibit of Van Cleef‚ the jewelry they had was exquisite and each piece had its own form of history to it. They had jewelry that Grace Kelly wore on her wedding day‚ which were a set of pearls that had a diamond in the middle of them they were so beautiful to look at. After finishing this exhibit‚ the next
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Ana Yoshinaka Nov. 13‚ 2013 Introduction to Painting Art History Lecture Amanda Herring‚ from Loyola Marymount University‚ came and spoke to us about the Gate Keeper and Key Master Hekate of Lagina. For a little background‚ the sanctuary of Hekate was structured in the second half of the BC in Lagina Lagina was occupied by a single sanctuary at the time. The only people who lived on the site were people who lived in the temples. Hekate has a conspiracy over her origin. She first
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