Fran\u00e7ois Boucher (c. 1703 – 1770) was a Rococo French painter known for the cheerful and light-hearted atmosphere in his works. His famous works often featured a diverse range of classical themes including the rustic lifestyles in\u00a0pastoral\u00a0scenes, biblical and mythological subjects as well as female nudes.<\/p>\n
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Fran\u00e7ois Boucher.
Portrait of Madame de Pompadour,
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Fran\u00e7ois Boucher.
Diana at the Bath,
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Fran\u00e7ois Boucher.
The Toilet of Venus,
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Due to the fact that his flourished and classical style aligned with the taste of Louis XV\u00a0(r. 1715 – 1774) and\u00a0Madame de Pompadour (chief mistress of Louis XV), he was one of the most highly honoured painters in the 18th century. However, upon the rejection of the Rococo art movement and the new interest of Neoclassicism style, Boucher’s reputation declined and his works faced criticism later in his career. Some of his most famous works are\u00a0Diana at the Bath<\/em> of 1742 (Paris, Mus\u00e9e du Louvre),\u00a0\u00a0The Toilet of Venus of <\/em>1751 and\u00a0<\/em>Pensent-ils au Raisin<\/em> of 1749 (London, Wallace Collection). Unlike use of primary colors and dark tones we see in the Baroque period, Boucher often employ soft, pale, delicate tones and gentle gestures that was prevalent in Rococo & Romanticism period.<\/p>\n It’s certainly interesting to see the dynamic splits in styles from Baroque to Rococo, Neoclassicism and Romanticism. While Rococo artists like\u00a0Francois Boucher and Jean-Honore Fragonard portrayed idealized versions of what they see; Romanticism painters like Francisco Goya Saturn would depicted dehumanized, emotional\u00a0 or menacing scenes. This is also most profound in Goya’s work devouring his children.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Fran\u00e7ois Boucher. <\/p>\n Reference:<\/p>\n \u201cFran\u00e7ois Boucher.\u201d Encyclop\u00e6dia Britannica, inc.,Sep 25, 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFran\u00e7ois Boucher.\u201d\u00a0Wikipedia:\u00a0The Free Encyclopedia.\u00a0Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Richard Rand, \u201cFran\u00e7ois Boucher,\u201d Focus Section \u2013 French Paintings of the Eighteenth Century, NGA Online Editions, https:\/\/purl.org\/nga\/collection\/constituent\/996 (accessed October 02, 2018).<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fran\u00e7ois Boucher (Neoclassicism, Romanticism, & Rococo) Fran\u00e7ois Boucher (c. 1703 – 1770) was a Rococo French painter known for the cheerful and light-hearted atmosphere in his works. His famous works often featured a diverse range of classical themes including the… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7859,"featured_media":151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":266,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/joycechan4\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7908\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-10-01-at-2.59.08-PM-300x236.png\")
Pensent-ils au Raisin,
1749<\/p><\/div>\n