France and the divine right of kings
LOUIS XIV(r. 1643-1715) was a master of political strategy and of propaganda and over his 72 year reign he would define absolute monarchy.
draped in his velvet coronation robes lined with ermine and trimmed with gold fleurs-de-lis, Louis appears powerful, self-assured and tall(thought only 5'4")
158cm= ' "
love wearing heels (common to wear for men)
dance balley.
French academy (academie royale de peinture et de sculpture)
17th century 450 members (15 women)
in 18th, women members are limited to 4
life drawing
THE ROCOCO
In France, the Rococo style is linked with Louis XV(1710-1774), who moves the court from Versailles to Paris.
Popular taste with aristocrats, who began to favor stylized motifs from nature and a more domestic art- private rather than public^ to decorate their new homes in Paris.
Rosalba Carriera(1675-1757)
LOUIS XIV(r. 1643-1715) was a master of political strategy and of propaganda and over his 72 year reign he would define absolute monarchy.
draped in his velvet coronation robes lined with ermine and trimmed with gold fleurs-de-lis, Louis appears powerful, self-assured and tall(thought only 5'4")
158cm= ' "
love wearing heels (common to wear for men)
dance balley.
French academy (academie royale de peinture et de sculpture)
- founded in Paris in 1648 by Louis XIV
- teach artists(critical feedback)
- virtual monopoly on public taste and official patronage
17th century 450 members (15 women)
in 18th, women members are limited to 4
life drawing
THE ROCOCO
In France, the Rococo style is linked with Louis XV(1710-1774), who moves the court from Versailles to Paris.
Popular taste with aristocrats, who began to favor stylized motifs from nature and a more domestic art- private rather than public^ to decorate their new homes in Paris.
Rosalba Carriera(1675-1757)
- Venetian painter known for elegantly playful Rococo pastel portraits
- Master of new medium made by binding together coloured chalks into sticks, that allow for elegant coloru, soft edges and fla
- She will be elected to the FRENCH ACADEMY in 1720
- In 1720, Carriera spent a triumphant year in Paris, visiting art collections,
18th Enlightment philosophy
intellectuals seeking to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge.
It promoted science and intellectual interchange and opposed superstition, intolerance, and abuses of church
The Salon- Academy
Salon- intellectual social gathering of mostly men but usually hosted by women, known as salonnieres
Jean-Jacques Rousseau(1712-1778) guy who
enlightenment philosopher,
the salon is a "prison" where men were subjected to the rule of women
gendered "natural"
developed an ideology of femininity
how could marriage be spoken of as a loving partnership if the law denied women ritghts to property or person?
The Rococo style - decorative style and feminine style
associated French Revolution
decadent, frivolous and feminized world
masculine ideals of rationality &virtue
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Rousseau and the Revolution
ideas on the "natural" roles of men and women that won wide support in the Revolution
- traditional misogyny
- distrust of royal/aristocratic women
- romanticism that envisioned woman as the companion of men
Olympe de Gouges, The Declaration of the Rights of Women
"a woman has the right to be guillotined; she should also have the right to debate"
