By: Ms. Susan M.

Pojer
Horace Greeley HS
Chappaqua, NY
Background
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Begun as a French style of interior
decoration during the period that
followed Louis XIVs death.
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Rgence Style (11!"1#$%
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Versailles society was in a
te&porary eclipse.
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French power and fashion
centered around the court of
the 'egent( )hilippe d*rle+ns
at the )alais"'oyal in )aris.
Background
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,eri-ed fro& the French word(
rocaille( or .roc/"wor/.0
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1he 2softer side of the Baro3ue
4or a reaction against it5.
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6 7ac/lash to the dar/ness of
the Baro3ue less for&al 8
grandiose.
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9-entually replaced 7y :eo"
;lassicis&( the artistic style of the
6&erican and French 'e-olutions.
6rtistic Style


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Light( ela7orate( decorati-e.
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1he 'ococo palette( softer and
paler 4pastels5 than the rich
pri&ary colors and dar/ tonalities
of the Baro3ue style.
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*rnate and fussy details.
1. Fantasy 8 <istful
:ostalgia
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6n e&phasis
on ultra 7eauty
and nature.
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;lassical gods
and
goddesses.
Winter by
Etienne-Maurice
Falconet, 1771
.1he
1riu&ph
of Venus0
Fran=ois
Boucher(
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.Vulcan )resenting Venus with
6r&s for 6eneas0 7y Francois
Boucher( 1!
.1he 'ape of 9uropa0
@io-anni ,o&enico Ferretti(
1#?">?
#. Lo-e( 'o&ance( 8
9roticis&
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4a7out
Boucher5 His
canvases often
seem to consist
of little beyond
mounds of pink
flesh
The Toilet of Venus
by Franois Boucher,
1751
.1he 'ising of the Sun0 8
.1he Setting of the Sun0
Franois Boucher( 1!#"1!$
.1he Aarriage ;ontract0
Bean"6ntoine <atteau( 11$
.1he Stolen Ciss0
Bean DonorE Fragonard(
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$. ,o&estic 8 Fa&ily Life
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)ortrays the carefree life of
the upper class.
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1he Galante style.
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Infor&al( decorous inti&acy
of peoples &anners.
.1he
6fternoon
Aeal0
Franois
Boucher
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.1he )leasures of the Ball0
Bean"6ntoine <atteau( 11
.1he French 1heater0
Bean"6ntoine <atteau( 11>
.1he ,elights of Life0
Bean"6ntoine <atteau( 11F
.1he
Swing0
Bean
DonorE
Fragonard
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Bean Si&Eon ;hardin
The ouse of !ar"s
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The $oa% Bubble
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'eading0
Bean
DonorE
Fragonard
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the&es.
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Chinoiserie
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.1he Blue
Boy0
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)ortal of the Hospicio de San
Fernando in Aadrid( 1##
677ey of 9ttal (Interior%
*7era&&ergau( 1!?
1he Basilica at *tto7eueren(
Ba-aria
'ococo
Furniture
6 'ococo Dairdo
.Aarriage a La Aode0
<illia& Dogarth( 1>!
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6n anti"'ococo state&ent.