- style of early to mid 18th century
- emphasis on detailed ornamentation
- excessive decorativeness
- superficial subject matter w buoyant pretense
- innuendo of a sexual nature- impropriety
- design, furnishings, embellishments
figure 26-9
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| the swing- Fragonard 1766 woman is overly dressed forest is overgrown cherubic figures look startled her guardian in the bottom right corner woman is aware of man looking up her dress |
figure 26-7
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| pilgrimage to cythera- watteau 1717 cythera was a made up place overdressed people swingers frivolity, high society party scenes statue of venus w rose bushes under it- post reveals sex place |
figure 26-18
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| marriage a la mode- william hogarth 1745 he exposed social ills emphasized class disparities established the first copyright laws to protect artists man consented to marry the prostitute |
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| harlot's progress- william hogarth woman on left will become woman on right woman on right has syphilis bc she's a madam wagon of young woman being sold off cracked wall- moral inconsistency vessels overturned = loss of virginity |
figure 26-23
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| the grand canal (venice)- antonio canaletto 1740 urban views- veduta/vedute |
Neo Classicism
- style of late 18th to early 19th century
- rejection of rococo
- intellectual revival of interest in antiquity due to the archaeological excavations of pompeii & herculaneum
- linked to the age of reason (enlightenment)
- interest in a new focus on empirical evidence to explain life which further devalued the catholic church & promoted the abolition of monarchy
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