Caroline Brassfield

ROCOCO

• “Late Baroque” • Rejection of strict geometrical patters • Fondness for curves• “refined, sensual, civilized” (Western Civ)• “Interlaced designs, gold, delicate contours, graceful

curves” (Western Civ)

CHARACTERISTICS/DEFINITION

• Antoine Watteau (1684-1721)

• Gifted 18th century painter

• Masterpiece Return from Cythera

• Portrayed aristocratic life

• Elegance, wealth, pleasure

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

• Pierrot (1718-1719) • Another Antoine Watteau painting • Representing how patrons were necessary in Art• Wealthy people commissioning artists to paint

ANTOINE WATTEAU

• Exemplified enlightenment practice of man’s importance to society

• The wealthy get portrayed beautifully and elegantly

ANTOINE WATTEAU

• Reading from Moliere (1728)• This painting is a great representation of many parts of

the enlightenment, including a rise in the popularity of reading and thinking, as well a demonstration of the patrons who funded art during the 18th century

JEAN FRANCOIS DE TROY

• Balthasar Neumann (1687-1753) [Architect]

• Pilgrimage church of the Vierzehnheiligen (fourteen saints)

• Palace of the Schonborn prince-bishop of Wurzburg

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

• “Secular and spiritual become easily interchangeable in both buildings as the visitor is greeted by lavish and fanciful ornament; light, bright colors; and elaborate, rich details” (western civ)

* Balthasar is a great example of the enlightenment idea of moving towards secularism thought

BALTHASAR NEUMANN

• Designed by Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli • Important representation of how secular and non-secular

buildings look alike (ornate, etc)

ST. ANDREW’S CHURCH IN KIEV

• Ornately designed engravings and furniture were also typical of Rococo

• This table was designed by Juste-Aurele Meissonnier in Paris (1730)

FURNITURE