Rococo

Louis XIV, Rococo, and the Enlightenment

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    Louis XIV, Rococo, and the Enlightenment

    Stylistic trends include the light, cheery manner of Rococo paintings which often focused on frivolous mythological scenes. A facination with science and the discoveries of the enlightenment also pervaded art and Tenebrism was often featured in art.

  • Move to Versailles

    Louis XIV moved his court from Paris to Versailles in order to keep a watchful eye over his extensive court.
  • Louis XIV

    Louis XIV

    HYACINTHE RIGAUD, Louis XIV, 1701

  • Enlightenment

    The Enlightenment gradually developed and produced thinkers such as Locke and Newton who emphasized reason and clear thought. In 1702 Bernard de Fontenelle proclaimed the name Enlightenment.

  • Industrial Revolution

    In about 1760, the Industrial Revolution began to develop and its effects include the migration of the poor rural farners to cities, the increased importance of factories and manufacturing, and the domination of middle class merchants and industrialists.
  • Village Bride

    Village Bride

    JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE, Village Bride, 1761
  • The Swing

    The Swing

    JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD, The Swing, 1766