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ART IN THE 18TH CENTURY: FROM BAROQUE TO NEOCLASSICAL - Coggle Diagram
ART IN THE 18TH CENTURY: FROM BAROQUE TO NEOCLASSICAL
Barroque and Rococo
Barroque
17th century
America
Europe
to show the power of absolut monarchies
Characteristics
represent reality
as they perceived by the senses
freedome in
composition
movement
light
colour
In architecture
curved lines
very decorated
Rococo
first half of the 18th century
predominated
absolute monarchies
class societies
France the artistic centre
Characteristics
decorative style
ecesive ornamentation
stone and shell motifs
influenced
sculpture
painting
minor art forms
porcelain, mirrors, glass, furniture
Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Painting
themes
daily life
countrisyde
life'spleasures
bright paintings
delicated pastel colours
the embarkation for cytheria
Jean Antoine Watteau
Sculpture
love themes
porcelain and marble
Pygmalion and Galatea
Étienne-Maurice Falconet
director of the Sèvres porcelain factory
Architecture
ornate decoration
curved lines
Palacio of Marqués de Dos Aguas
Ignacio Vergara
Neoclasicism
characteristics
return to the simple
more practical forms of Ancient Greek and Romans
balanced
no ornamentation
second half of the 18th century
reaccion agains Rococo
became the art of the enlightenment
Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
Sculpture
technical perfection
use of proportion
simetry, balance
Ancient Greek and Roman works
themes
human figure
sometimes naked
funerary sculpture developed
marble
The Three Graces
Bertel Thorvaldsen
Painting
France
theme
history paintings
colour less important than form
Jacques-Louis David
main Neoclasic painter
Oath of the Horatii
Architecture
main focus of this style
inspiration from clasical models
created public buildings
Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Juan de Villanueva
