KEY IDEAS: ROCOCO

• 1700-1750

• Shift of power to the aristocrats paralleled in Baroque and Rococo.

• French Royal Academy set the taste for art in Paris

• Strong Satirical paintings

• Epitome: paintings that show aristocratic people enjoying leisures

• Rococo comes from the French words rocaille and coquilles. Rocaille means stone and coquilles means shells. So "rococo" is a combination of the two French words, thus meaning "stone shells"

KEY IDEAS: NEOCLASSICISM 
(THE START OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT)

• 1750-1815

• Enlightenment brought about the rejection of royal and aristocratic authority

• Supported by Napoleon in order to associated himself with the successes of the Ancient Roman's Empire.

• Jacques-Louis David becomes First Painter of Napoleon

• Neoclassical art was more democratic- themes of courage and patriotism, civil duty

• Current events depicted have classical influences

• Late 18th century = Industrial Revolution (cast iron, and carvings from bronze is cheaper than carving marble- Coalbrookedale Bridge)

KEY IDEAS: ROMANTICISM

• P.I.N.E. (Past, Irrational/inner-mind, Nature, Exotic/Emotional) 

• Early- mid 19th century

• Grande Odalisque is a transition painting

• Influenced by a sense of individuality and freedom of expression

• Exploration of the subconscious and dreams/nightmares

• Feelings/emotions and imagination over reason

• Landscapes express the Romantic theme of the soul + the natural world

• Introduction of Photography

• Revival of Medieval architecture (Houses of Parliament)