oil on canvas‚ 68.3 x 57.8cm‚ Scottish National Gallery‚ Edinburgh. Troy‚ Jean-François de 1724-1725‚ La Conversation galante‚ oil on canvas‚ 64.8 x 53.7cm‚ Wrightsman Collection‚ New York. Introduction Meantime by the Louis XV‘s administration‚ Rococo art had went into being in prime time in French. At that time‚ the art mainly service for the court and the nobility‚ as the nobilities pursue sensual experience and luxury leisure lifestyle‚ the art style gradually transfer into colorful‚ elegant
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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 being a “Scenery” type or a Rococo style and was done using oil paint on a canvas. It is currently being displayed within the “Wallace Collection” at London‚ the piece its self is of a young man hidden in the bushes‚ watching a woman on a swing‚ being pushed by her elderly husband
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Park by Francois Boucher and was made in 1758. I was attracted to this piece because I instantly recognized the Rococo style of painting in which I really enjoy. To have the opportunity to experience and physically see a Rococo painting in person truly brings to life everything we discussed in class such as the gentle brushstrokes and meaningful colors that are involved and used in the Rococo style. I decided to challenge my skills and try to interpret the meaning of the painting on my own. From my first
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History of Art Final Paper I think the most important part of art is understanding how styles developed over the years and what influenced those developments. Some art movements develop based on political context‚ while others are created as a contrast to the current popular art movement. From a historical standpoint‚ I feel that portraiture is the best way to capture the essence of everything throughout the past. If I were an art director‚ I would choose to a portraiture display to show the progression
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very important cultural trends were able to emerge into the world of arts. These were the Rococo style‚ followed by the Neoclassical style. Although both completely different from each other‚ both helped to clear the path toward the modern world of art we have today. The differences of the two can be expressed through the origin of creation‚ stylistic paintings‚ and architectural developments. "The Rococo style arose in France in the waning years of the Sun King’s reign and was created for the
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French painting during 18th century was dominated by the Rococo style that was aristocratic in nature‚ sensual and elegant. From stylistic point of view‚ it had soft colors in its palette‚ free brushstrokes and complex surfaces. Created for rich patrons‚ Rococo concentrated on portraits of aristocrats and mythological themes‚ often performed in a plyful and erotic manner. Greuze’s moral dramas (one of which is the Broken eggs) reacted against Rococo. By pronouncing feelings and emotion they were also
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Rococo style trends prevailing in European art during the first three quarters of the 18th century. Rococo style is not so much independent artistic phenomenon as a phase‚ a certain stage of pan-European Baroque style. According to reading of Donald Posner ‘The Swinging Women of Watteau and Fragonard” discusses the motives and the symbolism of the genre aimed at love theme. Watteau and Fragonard share a desire for completeness of forms‚ but if drawn to Baroque monumental solemnity‚ they
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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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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 eventually came to be one of the pioneers of what French Rococo was ideally about. Fragonard’s The Swing also known as The Happy Accidents of the Swing is considered as one of the masterpieces of the rococo era‚ and is considered Fragonard’s best known
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Baroque 1) Rococo was a style preeminently evident in small works such as furniture‚ utensils‚ and small sculptures. Rococo is the last style of the French monarchies and was carefree and playful. Rococo art centered on romance and love and emphasized tonality‚ softness and rich colors. Rococo art contrasted Baroque art as it tended to avoid heroic events and religious iconography and emphasized Hedonism. The word Rococo derives from Rocaille‚ which means shell‚ and Rococo art used curvaceous
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