Rococo Flashcards
Watteau
French painter more natural style showed scenery
Boucher
French painter idyllic and volumptusous paintings most celebrated painter of 18th century
Madame le brun
French painter one of the few women portrait painters
Saque
Gown that’s unbelted loose from shoulder to floor pleats in the back worn over hoops petticoat and corset
Panniers
Side hoops worn under gowns to give a boxy rectangular hip made of wood or thin metal
Fichu
A small shawl worn around a women’s shoulders and neck
Calash
Hooded bonnet structured with hoops to protect women’s hair from weather
Men’s trends 1720-1770
Bob wigs
Summer shades in full suits
Tricorn hates
Sporting clothes
Campaign wigs
Bagwigs
Tricorn hat
3 cornered hat with a standing brim
Bob wig
Campagin wig
Bag wig
Macaroni
Flamboyant and fashionable men
Women’s trends 1778-1789
Ruffles and frills
Hair padded with wool or horse hair (big big hair)
High hats
Polonaise swags
Dressing down “undress”
Rosie cheeks
Prints stripes checks and florals
Polonaise style of draping in the back of dresses 1789