Heather McAloon Art 200X

       There were two different types of visual arts in the Morality and the Art of the Classical era. The two visual types were Rococo and Neoclassical. Rococo existed around the mid 1700’s and had dominated the time until around 175 when Neoclassical took over and began dominating the art world.        Rococo style tends to favor pastel colors and curving shapes and tended to lean toward the ruling classes. Rococo art was similar to Baroque art by being ornamental, however, the Rococo style was much more elegant and light. Paintings were typically romanticized and feminine and sometimes to the point of being pleasure-seeking. Typically, real life wont be reflected at all.   This way was popular until Neoclassical began to take over.  The Swing By: Jean-Honoré Fragonard 1767             The Swing was created in 1767 by Jean-Honoré in the Rococo art era. This painting is now located in the Wallace Collection at the Hertford House in Manchester Square. Fragonard was a student of B

  Apollo and Daphne ; Created by: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini was an architect and sculpture in Italy. He was considered to be a prodigy, especially during his early years. Bernini is known in history as the master of baroque in the 17th and the 18th century . ” Many individuals compared him to Michelangelo. Bernini typically did sculptures that seemed as if it was an action or movement that was frozen. The goal was to be able to look at the sculpture and see it as moving or what it could be doing. They were typically subjecting from the biblical or mythological era.   A few examples of his work are Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (1619), The Rape of Proserpina (1621-1622), Apollo and Daphne (1622-1625), and David (1623-1624). Bernini was one of the aspects in the influence of royalty, because everyone craved having artwork that has as much detail and being in constant motion in a stand still state. The more you have to represent your wealth and power the better

  Albrecht Durer created Adam and Eve in 1504. This was the only artwork that Durer signed his whole name too. Albrecht Durer was determined that there was the ideal form to have and to draw, and that there was a way to learn how to draw those images. The ideal form for Durer started with Adam and Eve where they were the first couple to have nearly symmetrical idealized poses. Durer “ described using a ruler and compass during the construction of the Adam and Eve figures in order to get the metrics completely correct in line with the theory of perfect human geometry that he was developing.” (Adam and Eve Engraving). Humanism was used in creating the art. The poses of Adam and Eve are very similar. They both have one arm bent and held up while the other arm is down, and they both have weight on one leg while the other leg is sort of off to the side. “The figure of Adam is reminiscent of the Hellenistic Apollo Belvedere, excavated in Italy late in the fifteenth century.” (Adam and Eve,