Define:

Rococo Art

Mainly a style of interior design, the term Rococo also identifies a style of painting, predominatntly French, that technique and subject matter, relates to the

lifestyles and interests of the French aristocracy

at the time.

Antoine Watteau

Return from Cythera

1717 - 1719

Rococo Art

Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Swing

1766

Rococo Art

Define:

Anti-Rococo

A more Natural Style, very genere like

A reaction to Rococo art

Chardin is famous for his "Natural Style" paintings

Vigée-Lebrun

Self-Portrait

1790

Rococo Art

William Hogarth

Marriage à la Mode

1745

Satire on 18th century French Upper Class

Thomas Gainsborough

Established 'Grand Manner' portraiture

18th Century

Grand Manner  is an Idealized style of portraiture

that incorportated Visual metaphors and Lavish surroundings

to suggest nobility, class, and the elite status of subjects.

It was common to see

Classical architecture, pastoral backgrounds, and ab

unpretentious sincerity

Neo - Classicism

1780 - early 1800's

Neo - Classicism : A style of art and architecture that

emerged in the late 18th Century as part of a general revival of interest in classical cultures. Neo-classical artists adopted the majority of  themes and styles from ancient Grece and Rome.

Neo - Classicism emerged in art, literature,

theature, music, and archetecture.