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ARTIST: Antoine Watteau
TITLE: Return from Cythera
DATE: 1766
PERIOD: Rococo
LOCATION: Louvre, Paris
COUNTRY: France
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
3 Facts:
1) Antoine Watteau was the first artist creating Rococo pieces.
2) The Rococo period is define not by what you intellectually want to do, but by what your body wants.
3) Everyone in the piece is coupled, and it is meant to be very decorative and pretty in the style of Rococo.
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ARTIST: Jean-Honore Fragonard
TITLE: The Swing
DATE: 1766
PERIOD: Rococo
LOCATION: Paris
COUNTRY: France
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
3 Facts
1) Makes use of grissaille in the cupid figures.
2) Meant to be about frivolity and sex in the style of Rococo, notably symbolized by her shoe flying off.
3) The flow of her dress is meant to be reminiscent of a vagina.
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ARTIST: Elisabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun
TITLE: Self-portrait
DATE: 1790
PERIOD: Naturalism
LOCATION:
COUNTRY: France
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
3 Facts
1) Used her connection as Marie Antoinette’s personal painter to be one of four women in the French Royal Academy.
2) She has painted herself painting Marie Antoinette as evidence of her position.
3) Naturalism is shown in her dress because it’s softer and loose, like it would actually appear.
4) Her paintings of Marie Antoinette were used as propaganda.
#Elisabeth Louise Vigee-LeBrun#self-portrait#1790#naturalism#france#oil on canvas#marie antoinette#french royal academy
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ARTIST: William Hogarth
TITLE: Breakfast Scene, from Marriage a la Mode
DATE: 1745
PERIOD: Enlightenment
LOCATION:
COUNTRY: France
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
3 Facts
1) The dog (typically a symbol of fidelity) is sniffing bundled cloth in the husband’s hand (possibly used panties or a bonnet), and drawing attention to the man’s cheating even though he’s just gotten married.
2) Shows the aftermath of a party where the man’s accountant laments the lack of money necessary to pay for it.
3) A critique on society.
#William Hogarth#Breakfast Scene#from marriage a la mode#1745#enlightenment#france#oil on canvas#dog#society#party
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ARTIST: Antonio Canaletto
TITLE: Basin of San Marco from San Giorgio Maggiore
DATE: 1740
PERIOD: Vistas
LOCATION:
COUNTRY: Italy
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
3 Facts
1) Vistas are essentially large post cards made for tourists on their grand tour.
2) Shows Canaletto’s ability to use perspective and detail.
3) The vistas are meant to look like the real thing.
#Antonio Canaletto#basin of san marco#san giorgio maggiore#1740#vistas#italy#oil on canvas#post cards#tourists
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