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07 ART IN THE 18TH CENTURY: FROM BAROQUE TO NEOCLASSICAL - Coggle Diagram
07 ART IN THE 18TH CENTURY: FROM BAROQUE TO NEOCLASSICAL
1 BAROQUE AND ROCOCO
Baroque art
spread throughout Europe and America during the 17th century
at a time of
great religious exaltation
affirmation of the power of absolute monarchies
Painting and sculture
represent reality directly
as it was perceived by the senses
great freedom in
composition
movement
light
colour
Rococo
decorative style that influenced
sculpture
painting
porcelain
mirrors
glass
pottery
furniture
did NOT develop its own architectural style
Its name is derived from
Baroque
rocaille
a style of ornamentation that uses
stone
shell motifs
spread during the first half of the 18th century
absolutist monarchies and class societies predominated.
Painting
preferred themes of Rococo painters
daily life
countryside
life’s pleasures
games
Their works had
outstanding brightness
delicate pastel colours
Sculpture
Sculptors depicted themes of love in
porcelain
marble
Architecture
curved lines
decorative profusion
ornate decoration
France was the most important artistic centre in Europe
2 NEOCLASSICISM
Sculpture
technical perfection
the use of proportion
reminiscent of the works of the sculptors of
Ancient Greece and Rome
Main theme
the human figure (often naked)
The funerary sculpture was also developed
Use of marble
Painting
developed primarily in France
History paintings
important genre
form was more important than colour
Jacques-Louis David was the greatest exponent
His work shows themes from classical antiquity
Architecture
main focuses of Neoclassical artists
created public buildings characteristic of the Enlightenment
museums
libraries
banks
inspiration from classical models
a return to
the simpler, more functional and practical forms of
classical Ancient Greek
Roman art
It developed in the second half of the 18th century
reaction against the excesses of the Rococo style
the art of the enlightened middle class
Neoclassical architecture, sculpture and painting
balanced forms
no ornamentations
