{"id":148,"date":"2021-10-20T15:06:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T15:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/?p=148"},"modified":"2021-10-24T04:53:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-24T04:53:25","slug":"rococo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/2021\/10\/20\/rococo\/","title":{"rendered":"Rococo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fran\u00e7ois Boucher 1703-1770<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in Paris, Fran\u00e7ois Boucher is one of the most celebrated artists of the 18th century and is credited with the development of the Rococo style and its spread across Europe. He worked in a wide variety of mediums like porcelain, tapestry and print and was a talented painter, draughtsman, etcher and stage designer. From royals to bourgeois collectors, Boucher had a diverse range of patrons, one of which was Madame de Pompadour. The mistress of King Louis XV was known as being the \u201cgodmother of Rococo\u201d and Boucher&#8217;s portraits played an important role in her self-presentation and image development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"927\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Interrupted-Sleep-927x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"181\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Interrupted-Sleep.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/2021\/10\/20\/rococo\/the-interrupted-sleep\/\" class=\"wp-image-181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Interrupted-Sleep-927x1024.jpeg 927w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Interrupted-Sleep-272x300.jpeg 272w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Interrupted-Sleep-768x849.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Interrupted-Sleep.jpeg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 927px) 100vw, 927px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Interrupted Sleep, oil on canvas, c. 1750<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"808\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-toilette-of-venus-808x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"179\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-toilette-of-venus.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/2021\/10\/20\/rococo\/the-toilette-of-venus\/\" class=\"wp-image-179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-toilette-of-venus-808x1024.jpeg 808w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-toilette-of-venus-237x300.jpeg 237w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-toilette-of-venus-768x973.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-toilette-of-venus.jpeg 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Toilette of Venus, oil on canvas, c. 1751<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Boucher\u2019s paintings encompassed a great number of themes, his most original contribution to the aesthetic of Rococo was his reimagining of idealized landscapes. Shepherds and shepherdesses in silk dresses often populated pastoral scenes in a high-toned palette favouring blues and pinks. The Interrupted Sleep and The Toilette of Venus are fine examples of this type of subject matter. What became the hallmark of Boucher\u2019s work and what stood out to me the most was his refined but whimsical style, gently modelled forms and delicate use of colours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery alignwide columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"930\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter-930x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"176\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/2021\/10\/20\/rococo\/the-love-letter\/\" class=\"wp-image-176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter-930x1024.jpg 930w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter-273x300.jpg 273w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter-768x845.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter-1396x1536.jpg 1396w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter-1861x2048.jpg 1861w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter-1200x1321.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-love-letter-1980x2179.jpg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Love Letter, oil on canvas, c. 1750<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus-1024x826.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"177\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/2021\/10\/20\/rococo\/the-triumph-of-veus\/\" class=\"wp-image-177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus-1024x826.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus-300x242.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus-768x620.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus-1536x1239.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus-2048x1652.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus-1200x968.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/The-Triumph-of-Veus-1980x1597.jpeg 1980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">The Birth and Triumph of Venus, oil on canvas, c. 1740<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/allegory-of-painting.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"178\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/allegory-of-painting.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/2021\/10\/20\/rococo\/allegory-of-painting\/\" class=\"wp-image-178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/allegory-of-painting.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/allegory-of-painting-300x233.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/allegory-of-painting-768x597.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Allegory of Painting, oil on canvas, c. 1765<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"764\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-allegory-of-music.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"175\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-allegory-of-music.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/2021\/10\/20\/rococo\/the-allegory-of-music\/\" class=\"wp-image-175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-allegory-of-music.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-allegory-of-music-300x255.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13237\/2021\/10\/the-allegory-of-music-768x652.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Allegory of Music, oil on canvas, c. 1764<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>References:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/hd\/bouc\/hd_bouc.htm\">https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/toah\/hd\/bouc\/hd_bouc.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/metpublications\/Francois_Boucher_1703_1770\">https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/metpublications\/Francois_Boucher_1703_1770<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Francois-Boucher\">https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/biography\/Francois-Boucher<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.francoisboucher.org\/\">https:\/\/www.francoisboucher.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/collection\/artist\/francois-boucher\">https:\/\/www.gallery.ca\/collection\/artist\/francois-boucher<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fran\u00e7ois Boucher 1703-1770 Born in Paris, Fran\u00e7ois Boucher is one of the most celebrated artists of the 18th century and is credited with the development of the Rococo style and its spread across Europe. He worked in a wide variety of mediums like porcelain, tapestry and print and was a talented painter, draughtsman, etcher and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13114,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13114"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":185,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148\/revisions\/185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/raynalai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}