ART PERIODS

SEMESTER 1

ITALIAN RENAISSANCE    NORTHERN RENAISSANCE
MANNERISM    BAROQUE    DUTCH GOLDEN AGE
ROCOCO    NEOCLASSICAL

Rococo (1700-1775) click on works to see a larger image
Subjects: aristocrats, love, pleasure, sensuality, cherubs, Orientalism
Techniques: playful, light-hearted, decorative, pastel colors, curved lines, asymmetry
Notable Artists: Fragonard, Boucher, Watteau, Gainsborough, Le Brun
Etc.: in interiors, white walls with curvy, asymmetrical gold decoration

The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Portrait of Madame de Pompadour
François Boucher

Embarkation to Cythera
Jean-Antoine Watteau

Blue Boy
Thomas Gainsborough

Portrait of Marie Antoinette
Élizabeth Vigée Le Brun

Marriage à la Mode 2 – Tête-à-Tête
William Hogarth

The Musical Contest
Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Allegory of Music
François Boucher

Perfect Harmony
Jean-Antoine Watteau

Portrait of Colonel John Bullock
Thomas Gainsborough

Self-Portrait in a Straw Hat
Élizabeth Vigée Le Brun

Gin Lane
William Hogarth

The Stolen Kiss
Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Nude on a Sofa
François Boucher

Pleasures of the Dance
Jean-Antoine Watteau

Portrait of Frances Browne
Thomas Gainsborough

Portrait of Madame Grand
Élizabeth Vigée Le Brun

Satire on False Perspective
William Hogarth