The 18th Century in Europe and America
Rococo
- Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera, c. 1716
- Fragonard, The Swing, 1766
Reaction to Rococo / ‘Natural’ Art
- Chardin, Saying Grace, 1740
- Vigée-Lebrun, Self Portrait, 1790
- Hogarth, Breakfast Scene from Marriage a la Mode, c. 1745
- Reynolds, Lord Heathfield, 1787
Neoclassicism
- Kauffmann, Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures, c. 1785
- David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784
Short Answer
- What was the importance of the Parisian salon in French Rococo society?
- Why do Rococo works of art tend to be executed on a smaller scale than Baroque works?
- Name two visual elements of Neumann's Vierzehnheiligen that set it apart from Baroque architecture and define it as Rococo.
- How did the Enlightenment lead to a more 'natural' style of art?
- What was the primary purpose of the many vedute produced in Italy by artists such as Canaletto in the 18th century?
- Which genre of painting did the academies consider to be the most elevated in the 18th and 19th centuries?
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