3. BAROQUE
- Style linked to the Ancien Régime
- It continued to be predominant
for many years in the 18th
century.
-Decoration became more complicated
and exuberant.
ARCHITECTURE
- José de Churriguera: Altarpiece of San
Esteban in Salamanca Cathedral
- Pedro de Ribera: Old Hospice in Madrid)
- Hipólito Rovira: Palace of the Marquis of
Dos Aguas in Valencia
- Juvara, Sachetti and Sabatini: Royal
Palace in Madrid
SCULPTURE
- Francisco Salzillo : processional floats for
the Holy Week.
ALTARPIECE OF SAN ESTEBAN IN SALAMANCA CATHEDRAL,
JOSÉ DE CHURRIGUERA
8. THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN
THE FALL
Francisco Salzillo sculpted several
processional floats for the Holy Week
SAINT JOHN
9. ROCOCÓ
- It appeared in France around
1730.
-The name Rococo comes from
rocaille (stone) and coquille
(shell) and it was a decorative
and overelaborated style,
used as a complement of
architecture.
- Florid and playful decorations
were used in tapestry,
furniture, small sculptures,
clocks…
-It was considered to be a
superficial, frivolous and poor
taste style.
18. PLEASURES OF THE
DANCE, WATTEAU
- In painting, use of delicate colors
and curving forms.
- Pastoral landscapes
-Themes: leisure activities s of
aristocrats, frivolous entertainments
(Fêtes galantes) , portraits
PILGRIMAGE TO CITHERA, WATTEAU
21. NEW CLASSICISM
- It was a revival of classicism and drew
inspiration from ancient Greece and Rome:
beauty, perfection and proportions, use of
classical architectural elements (orders of
columns, pediments, arches, domes…),
imitation of Greek and Roman sculptures,
use of historical themes in painting..
- Factors that contributed to its
development:
-ideas of Enlightenment
-discovery of the ruins of Pompeii
- the French Revolution
CHURCH OF THE MADELEINE
PARIS
