6:30pm-9:45pm Art Appreciation The Happy Accident of the Swing Fragonard’s The Swing is a celebration of romance‚ frivolity that’s filled with marked by elaborate decorativeness‚ light colors‚ and organic forms‚ which were just a few of the characteristics that were representative of the Rococo movement in 18th century Paris‚ France. Jean Honoroe-Fragonard’s was a French born painter who throughout his life studied his craft in Paris and Italy under more well-known artists of the period‚ but
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Rococo is a genre of art that allows the artist and the viewer to give in to their fantasies. In nature these types of art are not serious‚ are very ornamental‚ they are extremely extravagant‚ and are very whimsical. The Neoclassical genre depicts heroism‚ civic virtue‚ and moralistic. These types of paintings would use both fact and fiction to portray the lesson at hand. Lastly‚ the Romantic Art genre portrays imagination and elaborate emotions. This genre challenged traditional society norms by
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I’ll be looking at the Rococo style of art and comparing it with the modern social construct of the “Instagram Star” or influencer of our current social media generation. It may not be immediately apparent but I believe there is a lot of evidence that the current social construct of our current social media celebrities or “influencers” shares a great deal in common with the Rococo period of art. According to the MindEdge Video on Rococo and Neoclassical Styles‚ “Rococo was lighter and more playful
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the Rococo style of art was an artistic revolution‚ spreads through the Europe with hopes and dream from the emerging middle class. This Rocco art style showed elegant and beautifully‚ with the scenes of classic love stories and fantastical dreams of romance. Fragonard‘s the oil painting‚ "The Swing" has created in 1766. It is located in the Wallace Collection‚ London‚ United Kingdom. The image has shown as a major masterpiece of the Rococo style. The painting‚ "The Swing" was originally commissioned
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Sandro Botticelli painted “The birth of Venus” in 1485 and Jean-Honore Fragonard painted” Happy accidents of the swing” in 1767. Botticellis painting is tempera on canvas‚ while Fragonard painting is oil on canvas. Botticellis’ piece shows a scene of Venus rising from the sea‚ balanced on a sea shell. To the right of Venus right is Zephyrus‚ God of Winds‚ he carries with him the gentle breeze Aura and together they blow the Goddess of Love ashore. The Horae‚ Goddess of the Seasons‚ waits to receive
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The Swing The first artwork by Jean Honoré Fragonard I am going to discuss is The Swing. It considered being the most successful painting by Fragonard. Today‚ The Swing represented a symbol of Rococo art. It was a mixture of carefree attitude‚ eroticism and pastel swirls. It pastoral scenery creates an appealing demonstration of the youth’s beauty and illicit affairs. I picked The Swing because when I first saw the painting‚ the painting seems timeless and the woman on the swing stood out to
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describing the piece of artwork “The Swing” by Jean-Honore Fragonard. “The Swing” is a great piece because it shows wonderful color‚ texture‚ and many other elements used in the painting. The piece of artwork was created in 1766 in the 18th century time period. Also in this time period of the rococo era and this piece was establishes in that era because of its colors and symmetry because of the oil canvas. As I said before the painting “The Swing” by Jean-Honore Fragonard was created in 1766. It was created
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“The Swing” Analysis Presentation Date of Creation: 1767 Alternative Names: L’escarpolette Height (cm): 81.00 Length (cm): 64.20 Medium: Oil Support: Canvas Subject: Scenery Created by: Jean-Honoré Fragonard Current Location: London‚ United Kingdom Displayed at: Wallace Collection Owner: Wallace Collection Basic Information The image or painting I chose to analyze is called “The Swing” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard and it was completed in London 1767. This particular piece I would consider
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The Swing ¡§Inviting¡¨ is the word that comes to mind when I look at the painting The Swing. This masterpiece was Jean-Honore Fragonard¡¦s most famous Rococo piece painted in 1766. The most prominent reason I enjoy this painting is because there is some sort of story line or drama unveiling here. The painting is starring Barton de Saint-Julien and his mistress who is swinging on a twiddled vine looped down from a tree and co-starring is an older gentleman who is left back in the shadows as if
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Cultural Differences between Swing and Bebop By: Maria Kratz Misericordia University RUNNING HEAD: MUSIC AND CULTURAL DIFFERENCES Swing and bebop are jazz music styles that are very similar and hard to tell apart. Both are styles of jazz that originated with African music and started in New Orleans. Swing was highly influenced by jazz musician‚ Louis Armstrong.Bebop was highly influenced by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. When I think of swing‚ I think of the big bands with
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