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ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

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Page 1: 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

ART AND MUSIC IN THE AGE OF ENLIGHTENMENT

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ROCOCO

ROCOCO WAS INTRODUCED IN THE 1730s

STRESSED GRACE AND GENTLE ACTION

CURVES AND NATURAL SETTINGS

SECULAR GOLDS AND CREAMS

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BAROQUE-ROCOCO ARCHITECTUREBALTHASAR NEUMANN 1687-1753

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NEUMANN’S FOURTEEN SAINTS

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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

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WATTEAU’S DELIGHT OF LIFE

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WATTEAU’S EMBARKATION TO CYTHERA

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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

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TIEPOLOS’ WOMAN WITH MANDOLIN

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TIEPOLO’S SEATED RIVER GOD

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JEAN HONORÉ FRAGONARD

LATE ROCOCO FRENCH ARTIST (1732-1806)

KNOWN FOR HEDONISTIC AND LUSH SCENES

PLAYFUL SUBJECT MATTER THICK USE OF PAINT—IMPASTO

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FRAGONARD’S HAPPY

ACCIDENTS OF THE SWING

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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

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NICOLAS POUSSIN - FRENCH NEOCLASSICAL PAINTER 1594-1665

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POUSSIN’S RAPE OF THE SABINE WOMEN

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POUSSIN’S LANDSCAPE

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

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BAROQUE MUSIC STYLE 1600-1750

• ORNATE AND COMPLEX MUSICAL PATTERNS• RELIGIOUS FOCUS, BUT ALSO SECULAR MUSIC• OPERA, CONCERTO, CHAMBER MUSIC, ORATORIO,

HARPSICHORD

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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”

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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

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CLASSICAL ERA OF MUSIC 1750-1830

• FULL ORCHESTRATION• SYMPHONIES• PIANO• THEMATIC

DEVELOPMENT• HAYDN, MOZART• BEETHOVEN

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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

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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