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Art 151 Final
Baroque & Rococo Court Arts in Europe
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Art History
Undergraduate 1
05/06/2008

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[image]
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Hyacinthe Riguad, Louis XIV, 1701, oil on canvas

 

  • Originally painted as a gift for Louis XIV's grandson, but Louis liked it so much that he kept it for himself.
  • Human gaze, compared his "pompous" pose, and the grandeur that surrounds him.
Term
[image]
Definition

Louis Le Vau Charles Le Brun, Versailles, Versailles, France, Baroque 1668-70

  • Palace of Louis XIV. He had a distrust of Paris, moving to Versailles would remove the temptations of the city.  
Term
[image]
Definition

Jules Hardoin-Mansart, 1670-85; Hall of Mirrors begun 1678

  • glass and mirrors extremely expensive.
  • mirrors added to achieve architectural symmetry (to balance the windows).
  • Mirrors make the space look even larger/grander.
  • Painted ceiling, images glorifying the reign of Louis XIV. 
Term
[image]
Definition

André Le Notre, Versailles gardens, Versailles, France, 1668-85

 

  • axial planning
  • dominion over nature 
Term
[image]
Definition

Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, oil on canvas, Spain, Baroque, 1656

 

  • 10 1/2 feet tall.
  • Focal point, Princess Margarita. Her attendents are identifiable portraits.
  • Painterly style.
  • True meaning of painting not known. Possibly Velázquez seeking recognition and acclaim for himself.  
Term
[image]
Definition

Germain Boffrand, Salon de la Princesse, Paris, Rococo, 1732

  • fashionable spaces for gatherings and entertainment.
  •  located in the Hotel de Soubise in Paris
  • Includes rococo architectural elements
    • arabesques, "s"&"c" shapes
    • volutes (spiral scrolls, Ionic capitals)
    • naturalistic plant forms.
Term
[image]
Definition

Jean-Antoine Watteau, Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera, oil on canvas, Rococo 1717

 

  • fête galante
  • idyllic vision
  • French Rococo 18th Cen.
Term
affinity
Definition
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Term
Louis XIV
Definition
  • Ruled 1643-1715, as an absolute monarch.
  • adopted the position of the divine right of kings, king only has to answer to God.
  • "Sun King", chose the sun as his emblem.
  • Associated himself with Apollo (God of Peace and the arts.)
  • Builds his palace at Versailles (father's former hunting lodge) instead of in Paris.
Term
Sun King
Definition
Louis XIV, likened himself the "Sun King", Apollo.
Term
French formal garden
Definition

-axial symmetry.

-dominion over nature

-Versailles, André Le Nôrte

Term
royal academies
Definition

17th century, French government founded royal academies to instruct students in literature, painting, and sculpture, music, dance, and architecture.

 

**When the royal acadamies began to mount exhibitions of students' work, known as Salons

Term
Salon (the exhibition)
Definition

Exhibitions of the students of the royal academies.

 

Influencial in establishing officially approved styles and in molding public taste.

 

Originally held in the Salon Carré in the Palace of the Lourve

 

Beginning in 1737, Salons were held every other year with a jury of members selecting the works to be shown. 

Term
axial symmetry
Definition

André le Nôrte

  • organized nature
  • use of diagonals and radial avenues as dominion over nature.
  • Nature "perfected" by art and the hands of humans. 
Term
painterly
Definition

Describing a style of painting that emphasizes the techniques and surface effects of brushwork.

 

e.g. Las Meninas, Velázquez 

Term
Caravaggesque
Definition

Certain Baroque Naturalistic effects.

 

-dramatic contrast of light and dark.

-noble classic bodies, with other features of common street people. 

Term
Rococo
Definition

lightness, delicate
pastel colors
curving forms
As an architectural style, it is largely an
interior style with furniture and decorative
elements often matching the room

 

e.g. Salon de la Princesse 

Term
fête galante
Definition

elegant outdoor entertainment

 

  • Associated with French Rococo 18th cen.
  • introduced by Jean-Antoine Watteau in his Pilgrimage
Term
salon (the social practice)
Definition

Intellectual gatherings on prominent people.

 

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Term
French Revolution
Definition

(1789) 

Changed some of the practices of the Royal Acadamies.

  • The jury practice was abolished in 1791 because it was a "relic of the monarchy".
  • The salon became democratically open to all artists.
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