BAROQUE AND ROCOCO

• Baroque painting


  • Characterized by boldness of execution, sweeping lines and strong contrasts
• Baroque sculpture


  • Attempts essentially pictorial effects that were traditionally outside its province, charging of space with active energy
• Baroque architecture


  Developed in the 17th century and in the first half of the 18th century, similar to Renaissance but far more spacious with impression of movement and activity
• Characteristics of Baroque architecture

  • Domes and cupolas
  • Elaborate sculptural ornamentation
  • Columns and entablatures decorated with garlands of flowers, fruits, shells, and water

  
• Rococo painting


  • Used fanciful and frivolous S-curved and scroll-like forms and ornamentally pierced shell
• Rococo painting styles


  • Sensual rococo
  • Academic rococo
  • Genre rococo
• Poussinistes vs Rubenistes


  Conservatives defended drawing as superior to color, while Rubenistes advocated color as truer to nature
• Rococo sculpture


  Informality, gaiety, a concern for matters of the heart and a self-conscious avoidance of seriousness
• Rococo


  In sculpture, a variation on the Baroque style brought to fruition by Bernini and his contemporaries, characterized by informality, gaiety, a concern for matters of the heart and a self-conscious avoidance of seriousness
• Rococo sculpture

  • Makes use of very delicate porcelain instead of marble or another heavy medium
  • Prevalent themes include classical themes, cherubs, love, playfulness, and nature
• Rococo architecture


  The style of 18th century French art and interior design, combining the French rocaille (stone garden) and the Italian Baroque
• Rococo rooms


  • Designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings