CS251 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Madame De Pompadour, Amalienburg, Middle Ages
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Kenneth clark, former director of national gallery in london, england. Says landscape painting marks the stages in our conception of nature. Rise and development since middle ages is part of cycle in which that human spirit attempted once more to create a harmony with its environment. Simon pugh says the landscape is a signifier because it makes you feel a certain way. We define a landscape by what"s inside, it becomes a signifier to a meaning inside us. Landscape as a medium for certain political and economic changes in the 17th, 18th and. In roccoco period, ornamentation expands even more rapidly. Baroque architecture had more emotion, was more decorated than renaissance. Wanted to show the power of the king and the power of france. Built canals and aqueducts for gardens and fountains, gardens are decorated, geometric. Rococo was important in southern germany and france. Marquise de pompadour, see appearance of pastel colours in rococo.
