Arts styles of the 18th century

1. ART OF THE 18TH
CENTURY

2. -BAROQUE
-ROCOCO
-NEW CLASSICISM
ART STYLES

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

4. MADRID MAIN SQUARE, JUAN GÓMEZ DE MORA

5. FACADE OF THE OLD HOSPICE
IN MADRID,
PEDRO DE RIBERA

6. ROYAL PALACE (MADRID), JUVARA, SACHETTI AND SABATINI

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.

10. AMALIENBURG
HUNTING PAVILION
(MUNICH)
HALL OF THE MIRRORS

11. OTTOBEUREN ABBEY (BAVARIA)

12. PALACE OF THE MARQUIS OF DOS AGUAS (VALENCIA)
Hipólito Rovira and Antonio Vergara

14. GASPARINI HALL,
ROYAL PALACE IN MADRID

15. PORCELAIN ROOM,
ROYAL PALACE (MADRID)

16. PORCELAIN ROOM, ROYAL PALACE OF ARANJUEZ(MADRID)

17. ROCOCO STYLE FURNITURE

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

19. THE SWING, FRAGONARD PORTRAIT OF THE MARQUISE OF POMPADOUR,
BOUCHER

20. MARIE ANTOINETTE WITH A ROSE,
ÉLISABETH VIGÉE-LEBRUN
MARIE LOUISE O´MURPHY, BOUCHER

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

22. CHURCH OF SAINTE GENEVIÈVE (PRESENT PANTHEON) SOUFFLOT, PARIS

23. L´ÉTOILE TRIUMPHAL ARCH , PARIS

24. VENDÔME SQUARE, PARIS

25. BRITHISH MUSEUM, LONDON

26. BRANDENBOURG GATE, LANGHANS, BERLIN

27. MUNICH GLYPTOTHEK, VON KLENZE, GERMANY

28. EL PRADO MUSEUM, VENTURA RODRÍGUEZ, MADRID

29. ALCALÁ GATE, SABATINI

30. PAULINE BONAPARTE,
ANTONIO CANOVA
JASON,
THÖRWALDSEN

31. OATH OF THE HORATTI, JACQUES- LOUIS DAVID
Allegory about loyalty to the State and the king

32. TENNIS COURT OATH, JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID

33. NAPOLEON CROSSING THE ALPS, JACQUES- LOUIS DAVID

34. THE CORONATION OF NAPOLEON
JACQUES LOUIS DAVID