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
Neoclassicism
- Kauffmann, Cornelia Presenting Her Children as Her Treasures, c. 1785
- David, Oath of the Horatii, 1784
- David, Death of Marat, 1793
- Thomas Jefferson, Monticello, 1770-1806
1. What was the importance of the Parisian salon in French Rococo society?
2. Why do Rococo works of art tend to be executed on a smaller scale than Baroque works?
3. Name two visual elements of Neumann's Vierzehnheiligen that set it apart from Baroque architecture and define it as Rococo.
4. How did the Enlightenment lead to a more 'natural' style of art?
5. What was the Grand Tour?
6. What was the primary purpose of the many vedute produced in Italy by artists such as Canaletto in the 18th century?
7. Which genre of painting did the academies consider to be the most elevated in the 18th and 19th centuries?
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