ROCOCO

Period: 1st half of 18th century.

Place of creation: France

Main characteristics: aristocratic, frivolous style

A) DECORATION

• Delicate shapes
• Undulating lines
• Profussion of decoration
• Palaces of La Granja in Segovia and the Royal Palace of Madrid have this type of decoration.

B) PAINTING :

CONVENTIONS

• Sweetness, playfulness
• Frivolous, witty, “gossipy”
• Light, elaborate, decorative
• Soft and pale pastels
• Ornate and fussy details
• Complex compositions

THEMES:

• Fantasy and Wistful Nostalgia
• Love, Romance, & Eroticism
• Domestic & Family Life
• Love of the Exotic

Main painters are French and British. Fragonard with the Swing and William Hogarth with the Marriage a la mode are the most important representatives. Paret followed this style in Spain.

HOGARTH

B)HONORÉ  FRAGONARD

LUIS PARET

WORKSHEETS RELATED TO THE LESSON PLAN:

Lesson plan on Rococo

the swims

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POWER POINT:

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