Research Statement and Annotated Bibliography
French Rococo
Why do people criticize French Rococo even though it
brings a touch of life and atmosphere to its surroundings?
A
book with single author: French Style and Decoration.
Regence
and Louis Xv
The
Triumph of Rococo
Pages
44-80
This
books talks and relates to fluidity of the art giving a sense of movement and
life, heavily focusing on the images and then at the end of each chapter it
gives a summary of the images in that section and the artist who created them.
Therefore allowing the reader to gain an insight on what French Rococo really
is.
Book
with single author: Cliff.S. (2008).French Style and Decoration. USA
A
scholarly journal article: The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum
(Rococo Clock)
Rococo
Clock
Pages
211-214
This
journal talks the elegance of the design of rococo and explains how it affected
the era, as it was all about the detail and personality that came with it.
Furthermore it discusses that it fully emerged when France
Scholarly Journal article: Henry. H,(sep,1967),The Bulletin
of the Cleveland Museum of Art(Rococo Clock), Vol.54,No.7,pp.211-214
An
edited book: making up the Rococo: Francois Boucher and his Critics.
This
edited book talks about the relationship between the French rococo and religious
ideals and icons, and the exploration of religious paintings as it pulls from neo
classism and has contorted creating a more nature based design, creating life
within the very materials that it is placed upon. Even though it was found out
the true ancients use to paint their sculpture with bright colours and which further
related to the twisted French Rococo. Even still it was critiqued harshly
though there still those who appreciate its finer touch.
Edited
Book: Hyde,M(Ed).2006. Making Up the Rococo: François
Boucher and His Critics (Texts and Documents Series). Michigan
A
website: Discover France –Art periods: Rococo style
This website explains the
various parts of French rococo in detail, and briefly going over the end of the
age of Baroque. But furthermore better acquaints the reader on what French rococo
is and the age that it came from. It explains such things as how it then spread
further to other countries within Europe and
that it became a more wanted type of design at the time. Though still talks
about the difference in styles between the two, and giving an even and fair
balanced critique.
Website: Discover France –Art
periods: Rococo style. Retrieved
An
image: Japy Freres large Antique French Rococo Clock set.
This piece of art shows a movement and change
of true nature into a form of self made architecture in a form of clock and
candle holders. Changing from nature into a different form that is both placing
into the physical, mental and spiritual. There is great deal of detailing on
this is show through the confines of the material it made from, allowing you to
be able to feel the artist’s emotion and the flow that it has been given. While
it is all down to personal choice and people shouldn’t try to just stay with
the times.
Japy.F,French – circa (1890), large Antique
Rococo Clock set.
