HUM 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Venus Consoling Love, Madame De Pompadour, Tableware
8 Jun 2018
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Enlightenment Culture in the 18th Century
Europe as a Consumer Culture•Amsterdam was the financial capital of Baroque and early
Enlightenment Europe
–Loans to European governments for financial development and warfare
•Dutch system arrives in England with the succession of William of Orange in 1688
–Dutch investment for the British East India Company
–Creation of the Bank of England
Consumer Culture of Europe
•Coffee becomes a staple of Middle class culture
•Introduced in the Dutch East Indies in 1700
•Affordable due to French coffee plantations in the Caribbean
•First coffee houses appeared in England
•By 1700 had appeared in all the major European cities
•Became the middle class version of the French salon
•Chocolate was an alternative to coffee
•Consumed as a liquid rather than candy in the 18th century
•More expensive than coffee—most common among the aristocracy
•Josiah Wedgwood’s pottery becomes the model of English finery
•Queen Charlotte orders Wedgwood dishware in 1763
•Beginning of the Queensware line of porcelain dishware
•Wedgwood Queensware uses a Rococo style
•Wedgwood Queensware uses a Rococo style
•Marketed towards the Middle Class consumer
•Wedgwood Queensware uses a Rococo style
•Marketed towards the Middle Class consumer
•Note the “S” style curvature
•Rococo furniture remained a largely aristocratic feature
•Martin Carlin—cabinet maker from France
•Delicate furniture with porcelain accents or tops
Rococo Architecture
•Refinement of the baroque style
•Abbey Church of Ottobeuren in Bavaria
•Architect Johann Michael Fischer (d. 1766)
•Rococo style retains the 3D architecture
•Coloring is lighter—use of pastels
•Less gold is used in the design than baroque
•“Frosting” like texturing of the walls
Aristocratic Culture of the Enlightenment
•Emphasis on aristocratic privileges
•Pursuit of pleasures in everyday life
•Professionalization of the government allows for hobbies and passions
•Rococo artwork reflect aristocratic sensibilities
Antoine Watteau
•Founder of the Rococo style of art
•First artist to make use of pastels
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Document Summary
Europe as a consumer culture amsterdam was the financial capital of baroque and early. Loans to european governments for financial development and warfare: dutch system arrives in england with the succession of william of orange in 1688. Dutch investment for the british east india company. Rococo architecture: refinement of the baroque style, abbey church of ottobeuren in bavaria, architect johann michael fischer (d. 1766, rococo style retains the 3d architecture, coloring is lighter use of pastels, less gold is used in the design than baroque, frosting like texturing of the walls. Aristocratic culture of the enlightenment: emphasis on aristocratic privileges, pursuit of pleasures in everyday life, professionalization of the government allows for hobbies and passions, rococo artwork reflect aristocratic sensibilities. Antoine watteau: founder of the rococo style of art, first artist to make use of pastels, themes centered on the pleasures of life, le faux-pas.
