HIST - French Rococo

Question 1

style of classical art that evolved from the Baroque, originating in France; distinguished by fanciful carved spatial forms and elaborate, profuse designs of shellwork, and foliage

Answer 1

French Rococo

Question 2

a French word for “rock work;” elaborate ornamentation using rocks

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Rocaille

Question 3

a French word for “shell work;” elaborate ornamentation using shells

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Cocaille

Question 4

leading rococo painter from Flanders

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Antoine Watteau

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calls on classical imagery to provide a more serious underpainting of frivolous erotic themes; his famous work: “Happy Accidents of the Swing”

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Jean-Honore Fragonard

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took contemporary manners and social conventions as the subject of his satire

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William Hogarth

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English painter of portraits, landscapes, and fancy pictures; worked with light and rapid brush strokes and delicate and evanescent colors

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Thomas Gainsborough

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created light-hearted terracotta sculptures that epitomized the Rococo style

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Clodion

Question 9

a small chateau located on the ground of the Palace of Versailles; build for Madame de Pompadour

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Petit Trianon by Ange-Jacques Gabriel

Question 10

his works are characterized by shallow recesses with rounded corners and ornamentation employing shell motifs, leafy scrolls, and classical busts in medallions

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Nicolas Pineau