Rococo Art The German

BaroqueRococo in England

Rococo Art

Rococo Artrocaille = literally French for pebble, refers

to small stones and shells used in rococo décor

barocco = Italian for baroque; possibly from Portuguese noun refering to a pearl of not round but of round or unpredictable shape

French aristocracy now at Europe’s cultural center

Rococo Art• Mood: playful superficial, alive with

energy• Interior décor: gilded woodwork, painted

panels, enormous wall mirrors• Shapes: sinuous s- and c-curves,

arabesques, ribbonlike scrolls• Style: light, graceful, delicate• Colors: white, silver, gold, light pinks,

blues, greens• La grace et le gout

Watteau, L’Indifferent, 1716

fete galanterich outdoor party in a

pastoral, paradise-like setting

Watteau, Return from Cythera, 1717-1719

Fragonard, The Swing, 1766

Fragonard, The Swing, 1766

Fragonard, The Swing, 1766

Vigee-Lebrun, Self Portrait, 1790

De Cuvillies, the Amalienburg, early 18th Century, Munich, Germany

De Cuvillies, the Amalienburg, early 18th Century, Munich, Germany

De Cuvillies, the Amalienburg, early 18th Century, Munich, Germany

De Cuvillies, the Amalienburg, early 18th Century, Munich, Germany

De Cuvillies, the Amalienburg, early 18th Century, Munich, Germany

Neumann, Church of the Fourteen Saints, 1743-1772, Staffelstein, Germany

Neumann, Church of the Fourteen Saints, 1743-1772, Staffelstein, Germany

Neumann, Church of the Fourteen Saints, 1743-1772, Staffelstein, Germany

Neumann, Church of the Fourteen Saints, 1743-1772, Staffelstein, Germany

Neumann, Church of the Fourteen Saints, 1743-1772, Staffelstein, Germany

Neumann, Church of the Fourteen Saints, 1743-1772, Staffelstein, Germany

German Baroque

Tiepolo, Apotheosis of the Pisani Family, 1761-1762

Asam, Assumption of the Virgin, 1723, Rohr, Germany

Asam, Assumption of the Virgin, 1723, Rohr, Germany

Rococo in England

lampooned and embraced

Hogarth, The Marriage Contract from Marriage a la Mode, 1745

Hogarth, Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode, 1745

Hogarth, Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode, 1745

Gainsborough, Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan, 1787

Gainsborough, Blue Boy, 1770 (at Huntington Library in San Marino)

Reynolds, Lord Heathfield, 1787