ARTH 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Pocket Watch, Rococo, Jean-Antoine Watteau
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Vanitas: emptiness ------ theme in still lifes, reminder of the inevitability of death. Skull, hourglass, burned out candle, pocket watch and spilled glass are all representations of death: also represent the wealth of the person through their belongings. Ruysch, flowers, fruit and insects, 1716, the netherlands. Vanitas theme: rotting fruit and dying/dead flowers (decay), lizard eating egg. Difficult to create pie(cid:272)es (cid:449)ith (cid:374)atural o(cid:271)je(cid:272)ts (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they do(cid:374)"t last (cid:448)ery lo(cid:374)g: turn out to be artificial, studies done at different times and then brought together. Boffrand, salon de la princesse, hotel de soubise, begun in 1732, paris, france. Rococo style ----- decadent, lavish, aristocracy centered. How artists got commissions and patronage (must be a member to get it: apply and submit work to be evaluated for membership. Watteau, pilgrimage to the island of cythera, 1717, france. Fet galante: outdoor entertainment scene ----- academy category for the piece/subject matter.
