THE BAROQUE PERIOD THROUGH THE POSTMODERN ERA

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For this assignment I chose to select three works of art from the Rococo Art Era. The Rococo Art Era was known for its decorative charm and airy elegance. According to Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia the term rococo described a movement in the arts in the early 18th-century corresponded roughly to the reign (1715 – 1774) of King Louis XV of France (Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia, 2008). The term rococo also comes from the French word rocaille meaning rock-work. The Rococo Art Era gave way to the austere neoclassical style late in the 18th-century and quickly disappeared after the French Revolution in 1789. The three paintings that I picked is The Good Mother (1762 – 1763) by Jean-Honore Fragonard, Madonna of ...

... of a mother’s protective love are all representations of the Rococo Art Era. The differences, apart from the paintings being from different artists, are subtle but still prevalent. For instance, in Jean-Honore Fragonard’s The Good Mother, is dark except for the main characters but the Giovanni and Francois’s paintings are lighter hued but still have darker tones used for the less important background. The sensual being of the Rococo era was and is the most prevalent similarity of all three paintings of this era. References:Fragonard, Jean-Honore Biography Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia (2008) Retrieved August 16, 2008 from http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopeida_761575663/Fragonard.htmlJean-Honore Fragonard (2008). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved August 21, 2008 from Encyclopedia Britannica Online: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/215648/Jean-Honore-FragonardTiepolo, Giovanni Battista Biography Microsoft Encarta Online

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