ARTH 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Hyacinthe Rigaud, Centre Block, Nicolas Poussin
28 Jan 2017
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An understanding of how the baroque was used in france and the other forms it took in europe. Reason why the rococo developed & what it looks like. 18th century: france become most influential country in europe in terms of art. Artists who wanted to train and measure themselves went to italy to compare themselves to the major artists (leonardo, michelangelo, etc) France was da place to be & parisian art skewlz. King louis ruled for 72 years and used that throne to link art in france as an extremely powerful country centered around him. K(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as the (cid:862) u(cid:374) ki(cid:374)g(cid:863) si(cid:374)(cid:272)e he is the (cid:272)e(cid:374)ter a(cid:374)d he (cid:272)o(cid:374)trols a(cid:271)solutel(cid:455) e(cid:448)erything & everything centers around him. Defined what art was in the 18th century especially in the baroque period. This painting has an emphasis on money & prestige (elegant, long hur, colours on top colours of the sun) Peter paul ru(cid:271)ens, the arrival of marie de"medi(cid:272)i in fran(cid:272)e ((cid:1005)6(cid:1006)(cid:1006)-25)
