What is Fragonard style?
What is Fragonard style?
Rococo
Jean-Honoré Fragonard/Periods
How does Fragonard’s The Swing represent the Rococo style?
While there’s plenty of intrigue in the story of its making, The Swing ultimately revels in fun, fantasy, and the idealized haut monde. Its hedonistic subject and obsessive detail make it an icon of Rococo style and a continual source ofcreative inspiration and visual enjoyment.
Where is the swing by Fragonard?
The Wallace Collection
The Swing/Locations
What style is the swing?
The Swing/Periods
The Swing is the very embodiment of Rococo painting. A style developed in the 18th century in Europe that favored asymmetrical, ornate designs, lush imagery, pastel colors and playful subjects.
Who was Honore Fragonard?
Honoré Fragonard (13 June 1732 – 5 April 1799) was a French anatomist, now remembered primarily for his remarkable collection of écorchés (flayed figures) in the Musée Fragonard d’Alfort. Fragonard was born in Grasse as cousin to painter Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
Why did Jean-Honoré Fragonard paint the swing?
This oil painting known as The Swing was created by the French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard sometime during 1767 and 1768. A gentleman of the court reportedly requested the painter represent his mistress being pushed on a swing as he secretly admired her from below.
When was the rococo period?
18th century
Rococo, style in interior design, the decorative arts, painting, architecture, and sculpture that originated in Paris in the early 18th century but was soon adopted throughout France and later in other countries, principally Germany and Austria.
What style was the happy accidents of the swing?
The Swing/Periods
What was Jean-Honoré Fragonard famous for?
The work of the French painter Jean Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) constitutes the final expression of the rococo style. He was famous for the fluid grace and sensuous charm of his paintings and for the virtuosity of his technique.
What does the swing painting symbolize?
The Swing depicts a young man – concealed in the foliage – who is watching a young woman on a swing. (At the time, a swing was a conventional symbol for infidelity.) She is being pushed by an elderly man in the background who has no idea of the young man’s presence. Other instances of symbolism are also worth noting.
