Schonbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria is a spectacular palace and gardens similar to Versailles, France. Visitors not only experience its grandeur, but get a glimpse into the lives of the infamous Hab…| Charamana Consulting
Another English portraitist, almost contemporary with Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough, was George Romney (1734–1802). With a refined yet coldly classical style, he enjoyed great fame. He wa…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
In a certain way, Antoon van Dyck can be considered the founder of English portrait painting, which flourished splendidly during the 18th century. Portraiture had been the only form of painting consistently cultivated in Great Britain since the 16th century; however, except for miniature painting—where some meritorious English artists had stood out— most of its … Continue reading THE ENGLISH PAINTING SCHOOL I. William Hogarth, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
The rise of the Venetian school in the 18th century stemmed from a pictorial revolution initially driven by two prominent painters: Sebastiano Ricci (1659–1734) and Giovanni Battista Piazzetta (168…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
The old Florentine school was reduced to local significance in the final decades of the 17th century, and produced few notable painters during the first half of the 18th century. One of them, Pompe…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
Except for the Venetian school, the 18th century marked a period of stagnation in Italian painting. The country—which then lost the leadership it had held since the 15th century as the guiding forc…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
Regarding the French sculpture during the 18th century, Guillaume Coustou ‘the Younger’ (1716-1777) and Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne (1704-1778), along with Sébastien Slodtz (1655-1726) from A…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
The painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806) demonstrated remarkable drive in his career, which encompassed a variety of styles. A southern-born painter from Grasse, a town among olive groves and vineyards in Provence, he won the coveted Prix de Rome in 1752 and made good use of his time in the Eternal City, though he sometimes felt … Continue reading French painting during the XVIII Century, IV. Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Élisabeth Louise ...| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
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As the Dutch had done before, some 18th-century French painters displayed a strong connection with the environments they depicted. This is particularly evident in the paintings of Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1699–1779), a reserved and quiet man whose fervent realism was almost a protest against purely formalist art. Much of his work is a glorification of … Continue reading French painting during the XVIII Century, III. The realism of Jean Baptiste Siméon Chardin, other portraitists, ...| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
In stark contrast to the style of Jean-Antoine Watteau was the painting of the Paris born François Boucher (1703–1770), an artist fully imbued with the lighthearted and frivolous spirit of the Rococo world. His name, along with that of his patron and pupil Madame de Pompadour, is considered synonymous with the French Rococo style. He also … Continue reading French painting during the XVIII Century, II. The cult of the feminine by François Boucher and the charming portraits by Maurice Q...| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
The 18th century in France was extraordinarily complex in both thought and art, as it combined a new conception of life with the exaltation of individualism and an incessant analysis of the possibilities of intelligence and sensitivity. In the previous essay, we observed this century from an angle that highlighted one of its aspects—the embellishment … Continue reading French painting during the XVIII Century, I. Jean-Antoine Watteau’s melancholic elegance.| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
We have seen that, in porcelain and ceramic pieces in general—which then offered such variety and richness across Europe—Rococo found a vast field for its application. This ceramic material, consid…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
Rococo in Germany was particularly prominent in the southern region of Bavaria, with Munich as a major center, especially in the 18th century. Bavaria, being a largely Catholic region, em…| The Artistic Adventure of Mankind
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