#rococo — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rococo, aggregated by home.social.
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Some impressive rooms in Palais Rohan, #strasbourg. More specifically in the "Decorative #Art #Museum" located in the building.
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Some impressive rooms in Palais Rohan, #strasbourg. More specifically in the "Decorative #Art #Museum" located in the building.
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Does your character's outfit allow them to easily conceal a weapon?
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #barbie #rococo #clothing #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
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Does your character's outfit allow them to easily conceal a weapon?
#WritingPrompt #AmWriting #writing #WritingCommunity #barbie #rococo #clothing #ttrpg #dnd #GameDev
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"Julie le Brun Looking in a Mirror," Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1787.
Le Brun (1755-1842) was the most famous female painter in France in her time, and a renowned portraitist. She was popular with royalty and the wealthy for quite a time, but during the French Revolution that popularity worked against her. Being a friend of Marie Antoinette was not a good idea in France at the time...
Julie le Brun, her daughter, was a frequent model for her mother, and there are a number of portraits of her and of the two of them together. Sometimes Mama Le Brun seems to be using these to demonstrate her skill. Here, for instance, we get Julie both en face and en profile. It also seems to comment on the then-current commentary on art as illusion.
Julie le Brun became a painter herself, but with nowhere near her mother's level of success, and she died young in 1819.
Mama le Brun had to flee France during the Revolution, and migrated all around Europe (Italy, England, Russia, Austria...) before returning in 1802. Julie's passing (from syphilis) devastated her, and she memorialize her daughter several times in posthumous portraits.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#Art #ElisabethVigeeLeBrun #PortraitMonday #Rococo #WomenArtists #Herstory #WomenInArt
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"Julie le Brun Looking in a Mirror," Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, 1787.
Le Brun (1755-1842) was the most famous female painter in France in her time, and a renowned portraitist. She was popular with royalty and the wealthy for quite a time, but during the French Revolution that popularity worked against her. Being a friend of Marie Antoinette was not a good idea in France at the time...
Julie le Brun, her daughter, was a frequent model for her mother, and there are a number of portraits of her and of the two of them together. Sometimes Mama Le Brun seems to be using these to demonstrate her skill. Here, for instance, we get Julie both en face and en profile. It also seems to comment on the then-current commentary on art as illusion.
Julie le Brun became a painter herself, but with nowhere near her mother's level of success, and she died young in 1819.
Mama le Brun had to flee France during the Revolution, and migrated all around Europe (Italy, England, Russia, Austria...) before returning in 1802. Julie's passing (from syphilis) devastated her, and she memorialize her daughter several times in posthumous portraits.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
#Art #ElisabethVigeeLeBrun #PortraitMonday #Rococo #WomenArtists #Herstory #WomenInArt
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Entre Relíquias e Talha Dourada: O Coro Alto da Madre de Deus
O Coro Alto da Igreja do Convento da Madre de Deus, em Lisboa, é um espaço notável fundado em 1509 para freiras da Ordem de Santa Clara. Possui cadeiral e relicário de talha dourada do século XVIII, com nichos que expõem relíquias, destacando-se uma pintura a óleo em moldura entalhada. #photography #Portugal #Lisboa #ConventoDaMadreDeDeus #CoroAlto -
Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3583b487-f426-4d25-b504-dad4ea2ded17
#rococo #botanical #orientalism #floral #china #flowers #berries #design #chinoiserie #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3583b487-f426-4d25-b504-dad4ea2ded17
#rococo #botanical #orientalism #floral #china #flowers #berries #design #chinoiserie #art #publicdomain
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Il trionfo della porcellana reale di Aranjuez, alcova delle incorruttibili chimere cinesi
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=44509#storia #arte #barocco #rococò #spagna #madrid #aranjuez #palazzi #regge #architettura #meraviglie #scultura #ceramica #porcellana #materiali #personaggi #sovrani #monarchi #borbone #cineserie #cina #asia #decorazione
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"View of the Grand Canal and the Dogana," Bernardo Bellotto, 1743.
Bellotto (1721-80) was the nephew of the great Venetian artist Canaletto, and learned painting at his guidance, so there's a lot of stylistic overlap here. In fact, sometimes he was known as Canaletto, which has led to some confusion and his work being credited to his more famous uncle.
Bellotto, though, is known for his darker color schemes, elaborately rendered buildings, and for his skill with depicting light and shadow; some think he used a camera obscura to get the right effects. He's also felt to have been influenced by Dutch painting of the era, as there's a certain resemblance.
This type of painting is called a "vedute," meaning it's a view or cityscape, usually of Venice. Vedute were often produced to sell to wealthy tourists...as it's known that Bellotto, and his uncle, did. It's odd to think that something so exquisitely rendered, so detailed and labor-intensive, was basically a souvenir for some rich person. So here's a travel hint....patronize a local artist when you're on vacation! You may end up with a souvenir that your family will treasure for centuries!
From the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
#Art #BernardoBellotto #Rococo #Venice #Vedute #Souvenir #Cityscape
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"View of the Grand Canal and the Dogana," Bernardo Bellotto, 1743.
Bellotto (1721-80) was the nephew of the great Venetian artist Canaletto, and learned painting at his guidance, so there's a lot of stylistic overlap here. In fact, sometimes he was known as Canaletto, which has led to some confusion and his work being credited to his more famous uncle.
Bellotto, though, is known for his darker color schemes, elaborately rendered buildings, and for his skill with depicting light and shadow; some think he used a camera obscura to get the right effects. He's also felt to have been influenced by Dutch painting of the era, as there's a certain resemblance.
This type of painting is called a "vedute," meaning it's a view or cityscape, usually of Venice. Vedute were often produced to sell to wealthy tourists...as it's known that Bellotto, and his uncle, did. It's odd to think that something so exquisitely rendered, so detailed and labor-intensive, was basically a souvenir for some rich person. So here's a travel hint....patronize a local artist when you're on vacation! You may end up with a souvenir that your family will treasure for centuries!
From the Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
#Art #BernardoBellotto #Rococo #Venice #Vedute #Souvenir #Cityscape
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Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4e3b5132-65d5-4d5b-97a9-6b86f7c96926
#rococo #animals #nature #botanical #orientalism #china #design #architecture #chinoiserie #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/4e3b5132-65d5-4d5b-97a9-6b86f7c96926
#rococo #animals #nature #botanical #orientalism #china #design #architecture #chinoiserie #art #publicdomain
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I am going to be working more - we have so much work i had to send my boss an email detailing it all for reference and i probably forgot some stuff as well. too much work is not a bad problem to have in moderation. the days are so long now it is peak time for construction, you can get quite a bit done. #bids #volunteer work #rococo
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I am going to be working more - we have so much work i had to send my boss an email detailing it all for reference and i probably forgot some stuff as well. too much work is not a bad problem to have in moderation. the days are so long now it is peak time for construction, you can get quite a bit done. #bids #volunteer work #rococo
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“The pieces I chose were based on one thing only — a gasp of delight. Isn’t that the only way to curate a life?”*…
The Louvre has the Mona Lisa. In his nifty newsetter Ironic Sans, David Friedman reviews the “most treasured” holding of other museums…
Did you know that there is only one painting by Leonardo da Vinci on view in America? It’s a portrait of a teenage girl named Ginevra de’ Benci, a Florentine aristocrat, possibly commissioned for her wedding. And it’s one of only four portraits Leonardo painted of women. The most famous one, of course, is the Mona Lisa.The portrait of Ginevra is on display at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, which acquired the painting in 1967. There’s an interesting story of how the painting was brought from Liechtenstein Castle to Washington in carry-on luggage.
[I haven’t told you this yet, but for the past year I’ve been working full-time as Senior Video Producer at the National Gallery of Art. I love it. Working in a museum surrounded by some of the world’s best art and telling stories about how art makes a difference in people’s lives, every day is a good day. Another time, I’ll share some of the work we’re doing. But for now, I just need to make clear that this newsletter is in no way formally connected to the museum or my work there.]
Here is Ginevra, painted by Leonardo around 30 years before Mona Lisa:
I once heard someone refer to Ginevra as “America’s Mona Lisa.” Obviously that’s in part because they’re both by the same artist. But sometimes people refer to something as their Mona Lisa to mean it’s their prize possession, or an incredible work, or the draw that people come to see.
And that got me wondering: What do other museums and institutions refer to as their Mona Lisa?
So I did some digging and I’ve gathered 17 works of art and other surprising things where someone from the institution has gone on record calling it their Mona Lisa…
From Duccio and Matisse to Sow and Warhol: “It’s Their Mona Lisa,” from @ironicsans.com.
* Maira Kalman, My Favorite Things
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As we hit the highlights, we might spare a thought for a man whose works were often the “Mona Lisas” of the halls they graced: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (AKA, Giambattista or Gianbattista Tiepolo): he died on this date in 1770. A painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice, his luminous, poetic frescoes, while extending the tradition of Baroque ceiling decoration, epitomized the lightness and elegance of the Rococo period. Indeed, he was described by National Gallery head Michael Levey as “the greatest decorative painter of eighteenth-century Europe, as well as its most able craftsman.” He is considered– with Giambattista Pittoni, Canaletto, Giovan Battista Piazzetta, Giuseppe Maria Crespi, and Francesco Guardi— one of the traditional Old Masters of that period.
A preliminary sketch for “Allegory of the Planets and Continents,” a fresco in the palace of Carl Philipp von Greiffenklau, prince‑bishop of Würzburg, in present-day Germany (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Tiepolo’s self-portrait (1750–1753), from a ceiling fresco in that Würzburg Residence #art #Baroque #culture #fresco #history #masterpiece #masterpieces #museums #OldMaster #Rococo #Tiepolo -
Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d499b8dc-4fb1-4801-a1a5-a1a65fc405da
#rococo #gardens #orientalism #foliage #landscapes #huts #china #design #plants #chinoiserie #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/d499b8dc-4fb1-4801-a1a5-a1a65fc405da
#rococo #gardens #orientalism #foliage #landscapes #huts #china #design #plants #chinoiserie #art #publicdomain
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A leonine
Not a maid
A rococo courtesan#art #artwork #artoftheday #nautilebleu #rococo #baroque #study #photostudy #fediart #mastart #creativetoots
I don’t know who the model is, if you know her (and the photographer), tell me
I use this photostudy to create a tutorial about how I colorize https://ko-fi.com/s/b2bc482665 **
** it’s “a pay what you want” product, 0 is perfectly fine 🙌, a small tip will be appreciated 🙏
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Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a12b1e66-e6bc-4c7f-ae36-1ab4bc46fd24
#rococo #decorative #birds #orientalism #china #design #plants #chinoiserie #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Anne Allen, Jean-Baptiste Pillement, from Nouvelle suite de cahiers arabesques chinois a l'usage des dessinateurs et des peintres (ca. 1790s).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/a12b1e66-e6bc-4c7f-ae36-1ab4bc46fd24
#rococo #decorative #birds #orientalism #china #design #plants #chinoiserie #art #publicdomain
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Marvel at the elegance of the Potpourri Vase with Cover at #ClevelandMuseumofArt, a masterpiece of Rococo design. Its delicate flowers and intricate textures capture the charm of 18th-century porcelain craftsmanship. What scents do you imagine this vase once held?
#Art #Rococo #Ceramics #ClevelandArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.233 -
Marvel at the elegance of the Potpourri Vase with Cover at #ClevelandMuseumofArt, a masterpiece of Rococo design. Its delicate flowers and intricate textures capture the charm of 18th-century porcelain craftsmanship. What scents do you imagine this vase once held?
#Art #Rococo #Ceramics #ClevelandArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.233 -
Marvel at the elegance of the Potpourri Vase, a masterpiece embodying Rococo opulence with floral reliefs and a gilded bronze base. This porcelain beauty not only serves art but also fills spaces with enchanting scents. What fragrance would you choose?
#ClevelandArt #Rococo #PorcelainArt
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Marvel at the elegance of the Potpourri Vase, a masterpiece embodying Rococo opulence with floral reliefs and a gilded bronze base. This porcelain beauty not only serves art but also fills spaces with enchanting scents. What fragrance would you choose?
#ClevelandArt #Rococo #PorcelainArt
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"La Déesse" captures the essence of 18th-century Rococo with its serene beauty and mythological charm. The fusion of classical motifs and pastoral elegance invites viewers into a dreamlike realm. What feelings does this ethereal composition evoke for you?
#Rococo #ArtHistory #ClevelandArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1927.328 -
"La Déesse" captures the essence of 18th-century Rococo with its serene beauty and mythological charm. The fusion of classical motifs and pastoral elegance invites viewers into a dreamlike realm. What feelings does this ethereal composition evoke for you?
#Rococo #ArtHistory #ClevelandArt
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Marvel at the Potpourri Vase with Cover at #ClevelandMuseumofArt, a stunning example of Rococo elegance. Its intricate floral motifs and soft-paste porcelain whisper of fragrance and artistry. What story do you think it holds from the 18th century?
#ArtHistory #Rococo #Porcelain
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Marvel at the Potpourri Vase with Cover at #ClevelandMuseumofArt, a stunning example of Rococo elegance. Its intricate floral motifs and soft-paste porcelain whisper of fragrance and artistry. What story do you think it holds from the 18th century?
#ArtHistory #Rococo #Porcelain
https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.360.2 -
Exquisite elegance radiates from these 18th-century potpourri vases by Edmé Samson. Their intricate Rococo designs and opulent gilt bases beckon a revival of scent and style. How do these creations speak to the blending of history and modernity?
#ClevelandArt #Rococo #ArtHistory
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Exquisite elegance radiates from these 18th-century potpourri vases by Edmé Samson. Their intricate Rococo designs and opulent gilt bases beckon a revival of scent and style. How do these creations speak to the blending of history and modernity?
#ClevelandArt #Rococo #ArtHistory
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The Potpourri Vase with Cover exemplifies the Rococo style, merging beauty and function through intricate floral motifs and exquisite gilding. Discover the elegance of this 18th-century-inspired piece. What scents do you think would fill the air?
#ClevelandArt #Rococo #Ceramics
https://clevelandart.org/art/2020.200.1 -
The Potpourri Vase with Cover exemplifies the Rococo style, merging beauty and function through intricate floral motifs and exquisite gilding. Discover the elegance of this 18th-century-inspired piece. What scents do you think would fill the air?
#ClevelandArt #Rococo #Ceramics
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🕌 Macca House, Bucharest, Romania. Built in the 1890s, in an opulent Rococo Revival style. Later it became home to the National Antiques Museum, and later ownership passed to the Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy.
Photographed during a permitted visit in 2017, it is now under renovation.
#Romania #Renovation #Rococo #Bucharst #Photography #History #Architecture
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🕌 Macca House, Bucharest, Romania. Built in the 1890s, in an opulent Rococo Revival style. Later it became home to the National Antiques Museum, and later ownership passed to the Institute of Archaeology of the Romanian Academy.
Photographed during a permitted visit in 2017, it is now under renovation.
#Romania #Renovation #Rococo #Bucharst #Photography #History #Architecture
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The 18th-century engraving of Château St. Cloud at #ClevelandMuseumofArt captures the Rococo era's elegance, with aristocrats reveling amidst stunning gardens and fountains. What feelings does this scene evoke for you?
#Rococo #ArtHistory #ClevelandArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.706 -
The 18th-century engraving of Château St. Cloud at #ClevelandMuseumofArt captures the Rococo era's elegance, with aristocrats reveling amidst stunning gardens and fountains. What feelings does this scene evoke for you?
#Rococo #ArtHistory #ClevelandArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1924.706 -
The Village Bride, Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1761), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-village-bride-jean-baptiste-greuze.html
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The Village Bride, Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1761), https://etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-village-bride-jean-baptiste-greuze.html
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The Potpourri Vase with Cover from the Bow Porcelain Factory is a stunning example of Rococo elegance, blending natural motifs with artisanal mastery. How do you think the scent of potpourri enhances the experience of such exquisite art?
#ClevelandArt #Rococo #PorcelainArt
https://clevelandart.org/art/1962.360.2 -
we went to a Marie-Antoinette exhibition in Bratislava today. They had reconstructed but also extant garments from the 18th century. It was quite small with only 2 rooms for 10€ but we enjoyed all the fantastic extant garments. the reconstructed were not that great. #rococo #18thcentury #18thcenturyDress #MarieAnotinette #Bratislava
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"The Chocolate Girl," Jean-Étienne Liotard, c. 1743-44.
Geneva-born Liotard (1702-89) was a painter and portraitist known for his work in pastels, with this one being regarded as his masterpiece. His art is noted for its naturalistic and highly realistic style that's almost photographic. In his role as a theorist, he wrote a treatise in which he proclaimed that art should always be a mirror of nature.
Liotard also did copperplate engravings, enamels, and glass painting. He was unusual for featuring smiling subjects in an era where portraits were generally deadly-serious affairs, and for paintings celebrating science. He also did some landscapes, still lifes, and trompe l'oiel works, as well as a series set in Turkey, where he lived for a number of years, and later was known for continuing to wear Turkish styles while in other parts of Europe.
The model's identity is not known for sure, but is believed to be Charlotte (or Nannerl) Baldauf, a banker's daughter from Vienna who later became the Countess Drietrichstein.
Happy Portrait Monday!
From the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden.
#Art #JeanEtienneLiotard #Rococo #Pastel #PortraitMonday #WomenInArt
#Chocolate #Portrait
