Contemporary Arts
Meissen porcelain
or Meissen china was the first European hard-paste porcelain. The production of porcelain in the royal factory at Meissen, near Dresden of Germany, started in 1710 and attracted artists and artisans to establish, arguably, the most famous porcelain manufacturer known throughout the world.
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| Beaker - Johann Gregor Höroldt - porcelain (7.6 × 6.4 × 6.5 cm) c.1725, Meissen - Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) |
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| Meissen cup, cover and saucer - painted by Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807) - porcelain by German School - Victoria & Albert Museum (London) |
Sèvres porcelain
▪ established initially at Vincennes in 1738
▪ moved to Sèvres in 1753
▪ it made hard-paste porcelain for royal courts and
▪ tailor-made for Louis XV and Madame de Pompadour.
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| Potpourri Vase - Designer: Jean-Claude Chambellan Duplessis (1699–1774, Italian-French) - Decorator: Jean-Louis Morin (1732–1787, French) - Plant: Manufacture nationale de Sèvres |
Robinson Crusoe
▪ a novel by Daniel Defoe (c.1660–1731, English)
▪ first published in 1719
St Matthew Passion
▪ composed by J.S. Bach (1685-1750) 1729
▪ Harnoncourt conducting:
2.7 hours
Messiah
▪ by George Frideric Händel (1685-1759) in 1742
After his death in 1715, arts and architecture got loosened up, going Rococo style, or Louis XV (1710-1715-1774) style. Unlike the political Baroque, the Rococo had playful and witty themes.
His name, along with that of his patron Madame de Pompadour, had become synonymous with the French Rococo style.
Madame de Pompadour (1721-1764, the official chief mistress of Louis XV from 1745 to her death) was an important sponsor of Boucher. She liked arts but had shallow taste; her salon affected the court's preferences, thus promoting Rococo style, though subject to criticism from the contemporary cultivated intellectuals.
* Diana leaving her bath ..... in a movement (pretext) to put naked and tempting females in paintings.
▪ Handel's Messiah oratorio has 3 parts: The Birth, The Passion, and The Aftermath - of Jesus Christ.
▪ at the end of the second part is this Hallelujah Chorus, for which there has been a convention for the audience to stand:
Candide,
ou l'Optimisme
▪ a French satire by Voltaire (1694–1778, French)
▪ first published in 1759
▪ first published in 1759
Rococo
Rococo in France
Louis XIV (1638-1643-1715) of France attracted the European centre of arts from Rome to Paris, making French court etiquette, costumes, architecture, and the French language models for the rest of the Europe -- just like the elites coming to Rome to learn Latin during Renaissance.After his death in 1715, arts and architecture got loosened up, going Rococo style, or Louis XV (1710-1715-1774) style. Unlike the political Baroque, the Rococo had playful and witty themes.
Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721, French)
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| The Shop Sign of Gersaint / L'Enseigne de Gersaint - Antoine Watteau - oil on canvas (163 × 306 cm) 1720 - Charlottenburg Palace (Berlin) |
As a gift to art dealer Gersaint, the painting exaggerates the size of Gersaint's cramped boutique, on the medieval Pont Notre-Dame, in Paris. Portraits of Louis XIV were being boxed, hinting the end of the French Baroque age.
“Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fête galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air.”
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| The Embarkation for Cythera (aka Voyage to Cythera) - Antoine Watteau - oil on canvas (129 x 194 cm) 1717 - Louvre (Paris) |
It depicts the island of Cythera, the birthplace of Venus, symbolizing the contemporary nature of human happiness.
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| The Italian Comedians - Antoine Watteau - oil on canvas (64 x 76 cm) 1720 - National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
François Boucher (1703-1770, French)
His name, along with that of his patron Madame de Pompadour, had become synonymous with the French Rococo style.
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| Madame de Pompadour - Boucher in 1756 - oil on canvas (212 × 164 cm) - Alte Pinakothek (Maxvorstadt) |
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| Diana Leaving Her Bath - François Boucher - oil on canvas (56 x 73 cm) 1742 - Louvre (Paris) |
* Diana [Roman] or Artemis [Greek] is Goddess of the Hunt, Forests and Hills, the Moon, Archery.
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| Venus Consoling Love - François Boucher - oil on canvas (107 x 85 cm) 1751 - National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806, French)
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| [TOP] The Stolen Kiss / oil on canvas (45 x 55 cm) 1787 / Hermitage (St. Petersburg) [L] The Progress of Love: The Meeting / oil on canvas (318 x 244) 1771-73 / Private Frick Collection (NYC) [R] The Swing / oil on canvas (81 × 64 cm) 1767 / Wallace Collection (London) |
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| Blindman's Buff - Jean Honoré Fragonard - oil on canvas (216 x 198 cm) c.1775/80 National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
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| A Young Girl Reading - Jean-Honoré Fragonard - oil on canvas (82 x 65 cm) c.1770/c.1771 - National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin
(1699-1770, French)
is considered a master of still life.
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| The Attentive Nurse - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin - oil on canvas (46 x 37 cm) 1747 - National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
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| Still Life with Game - Jean Siméon Chardin - oil on canvas (50 x 59 cm) 1750s - National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
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| The House of Cards - Jean Siméon Chardin - oil on canvas (82 x 66 cm) c.1737 - National Gallery of Art (Washington) |
Salon
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| In the Salon of Madame Geoffrin in 1755 - Anicet Charles Gabriel Lemonnier (1743–1824, French) - oil on canvas (129.5 x 196 cm) 1812 - Château de Malmaison (Rueil-Malmaison) |
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