28/03/2015. Rococo Art. Friday, March 27, 2015 Course Outline. Key Notions. -Fête galante -Genre scène -Odalisque -Scène galante

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1 Rococo Art Or, Feminine art St. Lawrence, 3/27/2015 Friday, March 27, 2015 Course Outline The Rococo Watteau Boucher Fragonard Vermeer Vs. Fragonard Key Notions -Fête galante -Genre scène -Odalisque -Scène galante 1

2 Decorative Sensual art/eroticism Aristocratic Genre scenes Flirtatious Feminine Mme de Pompadour Subjects Colors Word-stock 2

3 François Boucher, Portrait of Marquise de Pompadour 1756, Oil on canvas, 201 x 157 cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich Jean-Antoine Watteau ( ) Or, Artistic nostalgia Jean-Antoine Watteau Watteau`s Rococo Atmospheric perspective (haziness) Soft but dense vegetation (little details) No female nudes Figures seen at a distance (mysterious effect for psychological amusement) Italian setting Nostalgic ambiance 3

4 The Embarkation for Cythera 1717,Oil on canvas, 129 x 194 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris Harlequin and Columbine, , Oil on wood, 36 x 26 cm, Wallace Collection, London A Halt During the Chase, 1720, Oil on canvas, Wallace Collection, London Fêtes Vénitiennes , Oil on canvas, 56 x 46 cm, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh Rubens, Garden of Love, c. 1633, Oil on canvas, 198 x 283 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid 4

5 François Boucher ( ) Or, Delicate eroticism François Boucher Boucher s Rococo More sensual than Watteau s (sinuosity) French setting Female nude is the focus Blue is major color The Rape of Europa , Oil on canvas, 231 x 274 cm, Wallace Collection, London 5

6 The Birth of Venus 1740, Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm The Birt of Venus, 1740, Oil on canvas, 130 xh 162 cm, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm BOTTICELLI, Sandro, The Birth of Venus, c. 1485, Tempera on canvas, 172,5 x 278,5 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence Brown Odalisque 1745, Oil on canvas, 53 x 64 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris 6

7 Girl Reclining (Louise O'Murphy), 1751, Oil on canvas, 59,5 x 73,5 cm, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne The Toilette, 1742, Oil on canvas, 53 x 67 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Jean-Honoré Fragonard ( ) Or, Rococo blend Jean-Honoré Fragonard Fragonard s Rococo A blend of Watteau and Boucher Interior setting Scènes galantes Red, orange, yellow, brown are major colors Source: 9 7

8 Young Woman Playing with a Dog , Oil on canvas, 70 x 87 cm, Fondation Cailleux, Paris Monsieur de la Bretèche 1769, Oil on canvas, 80 x 65 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris The Bathers, , Oil on canvas, 64 x 80 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris The Stolen Kiss, , Oil on canvas, 45 x 55 cm, The Hermitage, St. Petersburg 8

9 The Bolt c. 1778, Oil on canvas, 73 x 93 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris Vermeer, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 1657, Oil on canvas, 83 x 64,5 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden Fragonard, A Young Girl Reading, c. 1770, Oil on canvas, 82 x 65 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington Suggested readings -Gombrich, The Story of Art, p ; Adams, Exploring the Humanities, p Davies, Janson s Basic History of Western Art, p Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol. 4, p Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages, p. 9

10 Bibliography and Sources 1. Adams, Exploring the Humanities 2. Cleaver, Art, an Introduction 3. Davies, Janson s Basic History of Western Art 4. Fiero, The Humanistic Tradition, vol Gombrich, The Story of Art 6. Kleiner, Gardner s Art through the Ages University Laval, Notes 10