A brief bio on Fragonard available at:
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/f/fragonar/biograph.html
French Rococo painter whose most familiar works, such as The Swing (c. 1766), are characterized by delicate hedonism.
Fragonard was the son of a haberdasher’s assistant. The family moved to Paris about 1738, and in 1747 the boy was apprenticed to a lawyer, who, noticing his appetite for drawing, [...]
Posted on November 7th, 2007 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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This is an excerpt found in:
The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Le Brun
Translated by Lionel Strachey, 1903
CHAPTER 2 - UP THE LADDER OF FAME
[...]
It was in the year 1779 that I painted the Queen for the first time; she was then in the heyday of her youth and beauty. Marie Antoinette was tall [...]
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The rest of the slides from the last lecture:
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On Fragonard
http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/frag/hd_frag.htm
On Elisabeth Vigee-Le Brun:
http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/18wa/hd_18wa.htm
her memoirs: http://www.batguano.com/vlblsmemoirs.html
On David
http://www.metmuseum.org/TOAH/hd/jldv/hd_jldv.htm
http://www.abcgallery.com/D/david/david.html
Sketchbook: http://www.artmuseums.harvard.edu/sketchbooks/html/david_sketchbook.html
Posted on October 26th, 2007 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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18th Century French Painting
Styles/movements: ROCOCO & NEOCLASSICISM
The Enlightenment: A New Society and its Discontents
From Versailles to David’s Death of Marat
Posted on October 26th, 2007 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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Historically relevant film/movie recommendations:
Elizabeth (1998)
Director: Shekhar Kapur
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127536/
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
(in theaters now!)
Director: Shekhar Kapur
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414055/
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Marie Antoinette (2006)
Director: Sofia Coppola
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422720/
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Jefferson in Paris (1995)
Director: James Ivory
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113463/
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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Please spend some time with the Panoramic views of the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles before the Art History lecture on Tuesday.
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/en/1_The_restored_Hall_of_Mirrors_revealed_to_the_public.php
The experience of this 360º virtual tour should be described in the introduction of your next summary.
enjoy!
Posted on October 22nd, 2007 by Ms. Laurie Rojas
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Self Portrait as a Young Man, 1634
Self-Portrait, 1658
Self-Portrait 1659
Self-Portrait 1660
Self-Portrait 1665
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http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2007/09/16/arts/20070918_REMBRANDT_SLIDESHOW_index.html
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Renaissance Art
Major transformations in art took place during the Renaissance. Art went from looking as though it had been made in a mold to becoming a form of expression, without rights or wrongs. During the Renaissance, portraiture emerged, the constant theme of religion was dropped, and art became a science, in the way that math [...]
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