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ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT. ROCOCO. ROCOCO WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1730s STRESSED GRACE AND GENTLE ACTION CURVES AND NATURAL SETTINGS SECULAR GOLDS AND CREAMS . BAROQUE-ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE BALTHASAR NEUMANN 1687-1753. NEUMANN’S FOURTEEN SAINTS. ROCOCO ART: ANTOINE WATTEAU.

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ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

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  1. ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

  2. ROCOCO • ROCOCO WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1730s • STRESSED GRACE AND GENTLE ACTION • CURVES AND NATURAL SETTINGS • SECULAR • GOLDS AND CREAMS

  3. BAROQUE-ROCOCO ARCHITECTUREBALTHASAR NEUMANN 1687-1753

  4. NEUMANN’S FOURTEEN SAINTS

  5. ROCOCO ART: ANTOINE WATTEAU • WATTEAU (1684-1721)- FRENCHMAN WHOSE WORK CENTERED AROUND TOWN LIFE IN FRANCE • KNOWN FOR LYRICAL VIEWS OF NOBLE LIFE WITH UNDERLYING SADNESS • THEMES OF COURTLY LOVE

  6. WATTEAU’S DELIGHT OF LIFE

  7. WATTEAU’S EMBARKATION TO CYTHERA

  8. G.B. TIEPOLO – ROCOCO ARTIST 1696-1770 • ITALIAN WHO HAS BEEN CALLED A “UNIVERSAL PAINTER” • ABILITY TO CREATE MASTERPIECES IN ALL FIELDS OF PAINTING: FRESCOES, RELIGIOUS & CIVIC ART, PORTRAITS, SKETCHES, ETCHINGS • KNOWN FOR HIS ELEGANT & LIGHT STYLE

  9. TIEPOLOS’ WOMAN WITH MANDOLIN

  10. TIEPOLO’S SEATED RIVER GOD

  11. JEAN HONORÉ FRAGONARD • LATE ROCOCO FRENCH ARTIST (1732-1806) • KNOWN FOR HEDONISTIC AND LUSH SCENES • PLAYFUL SUBJECT MATTER • THICK USE OF PAINT—IMPASTO

  12. FRAGONARD’S HAPPY ACCIDENTS OF THE SWING

  13. NEOCLASSICAL ART 17TH & 18TH CENTURY MOVEMENT • NEOCLASSICAL ARTISTS SOUGHT TO RECAPTURE THE DIGNITY AND SIMPLICITY OF THE CLASSICAL APPEAL OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS • IMPORTANT ARTISTS IN THIS ERA INCLUDED NICOLAS POUSSIN AND JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID

  14. NICOLAS POUSSIN - FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL PAINTER 1594-1665

  15. POUSSIN’S RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN

  16. POUSSIN’S LANDSCAPE

  17. JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL ARTIST (1748-1825)

  18. BAROQUE MUSIC STYLE 1600-1750 • ORNATE AND COMPLEX MUSICAL PATTERNS • RELIGIOUS FOCUS, BUT ALSO SECULAR MUSIC • OPERA, CONCERTO, CHAMBER MUSIC, ORATORIO, HARPSICHORD

  19. JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH 1685-1750 • Mass in B Minor • Saint Matthew’s Passion • Cantatas (choral work) • Motets ("a cappella" ) • His task in life “well-ordered music in honor of God”

  20. George Frederick Handel (1685-1759) • More secular than Bach • Started by writing operas • Often wrote huge, unusual-sounding pieces • Best known work is religious—Messiah

  21. CLASSICAL ERA OF MUSIC 1750-1830 • FULL ORCHESTRATION • SYMPHONIES • PIANO • THEMATIC DEVELOPMENT • HAYDN, MOZART • BEETHOVEN

  22. Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) • Ushers in Classical Era of music • Music center shifts from Italy to Germany and Austrian Empire • Prolific—composed over 100 symphonies

  23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) • Child prodigy: first concerto at 6, first opera at age 12 • Dies debt-ridden pauper at age 35 • Widely considered the greatest classical composer—embodies grace, precision and emotion • Wrote three of the world’s greatest operas: Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, and Don Giovanni

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