CAS AH 112 Lecture Notes - Rococo, Putto, Natural Philosophy

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Elisabeth louise vig e lebrun: self portrait (1790: enlightenment painting, shown as an artist with brush in hand about to speak, enlightenment ran counter to divine right monarchy (louis xiv, benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson, spirit of enlightenment, profoundly optimistic movement focusing on reform, rid of ignorance and superstition in society, love of nature & technological developments, esprit (mind, wit, mental vitality) valued in the enlightenment, the way she looks as about to speak something uplifting/witty, women were not allowed to join the royal academy but worked on their own, hyacinthe rigaud: louis xiv (1701) Interested in science and technology dealing with a planetarium (aurory machine showing the solar system with the sun as candle: caravaggio esque with lighting, message is not a caravaggio mystical experience, man giving lesson is a minister (clergy were knowledgeable of science, natural philosopher, the two children hugging is an equivalent to gravity, technology made wondrous through tenebrous lighting.

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