ARTH 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Madame De Pompadour, Denis Diderot, Jean-Antoine Watteau
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William hogarth: the line of beauty (s-shaped, serpentine line) Refers to the sentuous linearity that you get in rococo painting. New genre of painting invented by antoine watteau. No narrative, no story behind it, just ppl in a landscape. Countryside, somewhere idyllic, sometimes representing the roman idea of arcadia. He would write comments on what he thought of the art at the time. Very useful to us now, knowing what an intellectual thought of the art of that period. Ati(cid:448)ities like s(cid:449)i(cid:374)gi(cid:374)f, (cid:271)li(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s (cid:271)luff, you get a high (cid:449)he(cid:374) you swing, moment of euphoria. Rich ppl liked doing this when they escaped to the countryside. Only way the 2 genders can get together and enjoy their time. Central theme in rococo, intense concentration on something. Mada(cid:373)e de po(cid:373)padour (louis xv"s (cid:373)istress fro(cid:373) (cid:1005)7(cid:1008)(cid:1009)-1751) One of the main imp ppl in the rococo. Was very imp and influential, impact they (imp women of the time) had on artistic influence.