Faith Kim Prof. Hight Introduction to Visual Arts 4 June 2012 Reclining Nude The artwork is called Reclining Nude by Jean-Antoine Watteau and I found this artwork in the Norton Simon Museum. I was captivated by the sensuality and the delicacy in the painting. I first noticed in the painting was her robust ivory figure contrasting with the dark chocolate background because I felt that these contrasting colors evoked a sense of purity and light against the mysterious darkness. She seems to have
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a proud profession! Join the US cadet nurse corps). James Aulich‚ War posters weapons of mass Carolyn Moorehead Edmundson‚ 1942 a poster (enlist in a proud profession! Join the US cadet nurse corps). James Aulich‚ War posters weapons of mass Rococo was fashionable from 1730 to 1770‚ it was mostly used in in furniture‚ silver and ceramics and not so much in architecture. Its name came from the French rocallie (pronounced rock eye) meaning
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1) Watteau ’s Return from Cythera depicts a ________. For 1 Point Enlarge Image Your Answer: A) fete galante Correct: 1 point 2) Which of the following characteristics does not relate to the Rococo style? For 1 Point Your Answer: B) Poussiniste Correct: 1 point 3) Critics described the Enlightenment style as saccharine‚ frivolous‚ and decadent. For 1 Point Your Answer: False Correct: 1 point 4) Canaletto ’s Basin of San Marco is an example of a type of naturalistic landscape and cityscape painting
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painting. The piece of artwork was created in 1766 in the 18th century time period. Also in this time period of the rococo era and this piece was establishes in that era because of its colors and symmetry because of the oil canvas. As I said before the painting “The Swing” by Jean-Honore Fragonard was created in 1766. It was created because during this time it was called the Rococo Era. This era was created by the French and the style was
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10.1 Rembrandt has often been referred to as "The Painter of Light" for his innovative and influential approach to depicting light. Describe Rembrandt’s approach to depicting light in painting. How is it influenced by Caravaggio’s tenebrism and how does it differ or improve upon that technique? Rembrandt’s depiction and use of light represented the fluidity the human eye (or view) “sees”. The human eye views images through a sifted view. In other words it picks out certain (specific elements)
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19. Detroit: Gale Research‚ 1998. Print. P.402-403 Moffat‚ Charles. "Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun: Biography & Art - The Art History Archive." The Lilith Gallery of Toronto. 2007. Web. 16 Feb. 2010. <http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/rococo/Elisabeth-Vigee-Lebrun.html>. Mossman‚ Jennifer‚ ed. "Elisabeth Vigee LeBrun." Encyclopedia of World Biography. 2nd ed. Vol. 19. Detroit: Gale Group‚ 1999. Print. Oliver‚ Bette W. "Moved by Love: Inspired Artists and Deviant Women in Eighteenth-Century
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on display in the Honolulu Museum of Art. Nicolas de Largillière did the portrait while Jean Baptiste Belin de Fontenay did the flowers. Helene Lambert de Thorigny was the wife of a wealthy Normandy financier. The portrait depicts the spirit of the Rococo‚ also known as late baroque‚ with the creamy pastels‚ curvatures‚ and a playful nature. Nicolas de Largillière was a French painter who excelled in creating formal portraits of the wealthy social classes. In this portrait‚ Nicolas rendered Helene
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of the eighteenth century‚ the Rococo style of art was an artistic revolution‚ spreads through the Europe with hopes and dream from the emerging middle class. This Rocco art style showed elegant and beautifully‚ with the scenes of classic love stories and 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"
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and how it was in the room with other artworks among the Rococo style‚ there was no stress felt‚ and I sort of almost felt fluffy and relaxed as if this painting was in my own home too. I also had a feeling like I could grab this piece off the platform as if it was me picking up a photo frame at my mom’s house to look at. I think it was originally seen as a private painting like how it’s in a private placement in the museum and since the Rococo period was about love‚ being happy and carefree‚ then that’s
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Jean-Honore began working in a law office‚ where he was then fired because he was always caught drawing instead of working. In 1747‚ he began working in a studio of a renowned Rococo painter‚ as an apprentice. He progressed quickly and within the next year‚ he was advanced to the studio of Francois Boucher‚ the most famous Rococo artist of that time. In Jean-Honore’s later years‚ in between the years of 1765 and 1770‚ is when he became his own artist and became really successful. He drew fanciful and
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