Find frivolous intrigue in the Rococo period
“They’re Singing Ro…co…co, Ro…co…co, Rococo”
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“They’re Singing Ro…co…co, Ro…co…co, Rococo”
Continuing on from my last post, we’ll finally wrap up the rest of Baroque. During the 17th century, England was having a pretty rough time. For the most part, England imported their painters. But now, for the first time, England was able to produce talented native artists. My ultimate favorite is Gainsborough. Gainsborough’s paintings have an informal feel to them. He loved nature and believed it to be worthy subject matter for art, so he incorporated natural landscapes as the backdrop for his portraitures. He mastered the elongation of the human form to make his figures look regal. He offset this regality with natural, casual poses and contemporary dress. This is seen in Gainsborough’s “Mrs. Richard Brinsley Sheridan.” He paints the woman among the landscape in such a natural and beautiful way. She is dressed informally, no aristocratic garb, and sits very naturally. There is no pomp and circumstance. She isn’t stylized to look like a goddess and there is certainly no usage of props. The English Baroque style is definitely characterized as a restrained elegance.
Baroque (1600-1750) was an art movement that came after the Renaissance. It took techniques like realism and chiaroscuro and combined them with the intense drama and emotion of the Mannerists (a group of artists that chose to deviate from the harmony and perfection of the Renaissance). Because Baroque combines Renaissance and the Mannerist ideals, it yielded some of the most ostentatious and ornate pieces of art. Art became more of a way of life during the 17th century. The point of Baroque art was to elicit an emotional response. To do so, artist perfected the use of chiaroscuro and became masters of light. Technically, the Baroque era began in Rome around the 1600s. Then it spread to France and to the rest of Europe. In this post we will be focusing on Italian, Flemish and Dutch Baroque, and in the next post we will finish the entire time period with English, Spanish and French Baroque. This will give you a little taste of what the Baroque era had to offer and how each country and artist took their own spin on the Baroque style.
Out of darkness sprang new life. It came in the form of the Renaissance. The Renaissance gave a breath of fresh air into art. It fostered scientific knowledge, humanism and nostalgia for the classics. It began in Italy, around the 1400s, and eventually caught fire and spread to the rest of Europe by the 16th century. However, today’s blog will be focusing on the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” or more commonly known as a few of the Italian Renaissance masters: Donatello, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael.
The Middle Ages covers a large span of time—from the 5th to the 15th century. In terms of major events, the Middle Ages started roughly after the fall of Rome and ended with the beginning of the Renaissance. The Middle Ages began with a period more commonly known as the Dark Ages. The Dark Ages was marked by the death of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in 565. This time period was a point in history where civilization was at a low: people didn’t live long, life was exceedingly difficult and religion was the answer.
It’s absolutely true. At the height of its success, the Roman Empire stretched from England to Egypt and from Spain to southern Russia. The Romans were adept at adopting aspects of different cultures and incorporating it into their culture and society, as well as their art. They were especially addicted to the Ancient Greeks. So much of Roman artwork was heavily influenced by the Greeks – Emperor Nero, alone, imported over 500 bronze statues from Delphi. Even artists would create replicas of the original Greek statues. But, eventually the Romans began forming their own style. Their style still incorporated elements of the Ancient Greeks but instead of focusing their art on being intellectual and idealized, like the Greeks, it focused on being secular, functional, organized and efficient. This focus can be thought of as their philosophy.
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