French Baroque
Italian Baroque
Spanish Baroque
Low Lands Baroque

Rococo

(Part 2)
Other Countries

1700 to 1750

The Rococo is a name for the dominent style of a European art in first half of the eighteenth century. It is a period in which the French began to dominate art which lasted until the start of World War I. There is some argument that their dominenance ended there, and in some sense the French still dominate the art world.

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Germany and Austria

Johann Fischer von Erlach

born: Graz, Austria; 1656
died: Vienna, Austria; 1723

Architect. Major work: Karlskirche in Vienna.

Balthasar Neumann Dominikus Zimmermann

born: 1685
died: 1766

Architect. Major work: Wies Pilgrimage Church, near Munich, Germany.

Elias Haussmann

born: Germany?; about 171x
died:

Johann Sebastian Bach
[portrait done poshumously, Bach died in 1750]
1764
Oil on Canvas, 78×63 cm
Museum der Bildenden Künste
Leipzig, Germany

Johann Georg Zieseniss

born: Germany?; about 172x
died:

Frederick II of Prussia
1753
Oil on Canvas
Staaliche Schlösser and Gärten
Berlin, Germany

Anton Raphael Mengs
Anton Raffael Mengs

born: Aussig, Bohemia [now Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic]; 22 March 1728
died: Rome, Papal States [Italy]; 29 June 1779

The self-portrait above was painted about 1775 and can be found in the Hermitage in St Petersberg, Russia.

Mengs was widely regarded in his day as Europe's greatest living painter. Not only because he was a good painter but also because he had a widely respected art critic, Johann Joachim Winckelmann (see below), as his champion. Winkelmann and Mengs espoused the concept of reform of Baroque art by looking back to the Classic era of Greek and Rome for inspiration.

Mengs bread and butter was portrature of royalty. Little neo-classic restraint shows in either his portrature or religious painting.

Mengs reputation suffered a decline in the 19th and 20th centuries. However it is probably time for a reassessement of his art.

Drawing of the Farnese Hercules about 1740-44 Graphische Sammlung Albertina Vienna, Austria	Augustus and Cleopatra about 1745 State Art Museum Copenhagen, Sweden	Giuseppe (or Pietro) da Viterbo 1754 Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister Munich, Germany
Johann Joachim Winckelmann about 1765 oil on canvas Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY, US	Maria Amalia of Saxony Queen of Spain about 1765 oil on canvas; 48×38 cm? Prado, Madrid, Spain	Maria Luisa of Parma 1765 oil on canvas; 48×38 cm? Prado, Madrid, Spain
Charles IV, Prince of Spain about 1761 oil on canvas Prado, Madrid, Spain	St John the Baptist about 1774 oil on canvas; 208×153 cm Hermitage St. Petersburg, Russia.	Immaculate Conception about 1775 oil on wood; 66×90 cm Louvre, Paris, France

Italy

Giovanni Domenico Ferretti

born: Italy; 1692
died: 1747

The Rape of Europa
1720-40
Uffizi, Florence

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

born: Venice, Italy; 1696
died: Madrid, Spain; 1770

Susanna and the Elders

Seven more Tiepolo pictures

Giovanni Antonio Canal
Canaletto

born: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 18 October 1697
died: Venice, Republic of Venice [now Italy]; 20 April 1768

Canaletto: Reception of the Frence Ambassador at the Dukal Palace

Reception of the
Frence Ambassador
at the Dukal Palace
1727
oil on canvas 181×259 cm
Oil on Canvas,
Hermitage
St Petersburg, Russia

Canaletto: Pier as seen from
the Basin of St. Marks

Pier as seen from
the Basin of St. Marks
about 1730 - 1735
oil on canvas, 53× 71 cm
Pinacoteca di Brera
Milan, Italy

Regatta on
the Grand Canal
about 1750
oil on canvas, 85×135 cm
Fine Arts Gallery
San Diego, CA, US

Corrado Giaquinto

born: 1703
died: 1765

Justice and Peace
1760

Saints in Paradise
1755

Francesco Guardi

born: Italy; 1712
died: 1793

The Bucentaur Departs for the Lido on Ascension Day 1766-70 oil on canvas, 67×100 cm Louvre, Paris, France	The Doge in the Bucentaur at San Nicolo di Lido on Ascension Day 1766-70
The Doge of Venice goes to the Salute on 21 November to Commemorate the End of the Plague of 1630 1766-70 Louvre, Paris	View on the Venetian Lagoon with the Tower of Malghera about 1775-1780 oil on canvas, 52×32 cm The Hermitage St Petersburg, Russia
The Doge in the Sala del Collegio about 1772 oil on canvas, 67×101 cm Louvre, Paris, France

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

born: Italy; 1720
died: 1778

The Drawbridge Carceri `Plate VII of Second Edition`	The Round Tower Carceri `Plate III of Second Edition`
Title Plate Carceri `Plate I of Second Edition`	The Well Carceri `Plate XIII of Second Edition`

Spain

Luis Egidio Meléndez
Menéndez

born: Naples, Spanish Empire [now Italy]; 1716
died: Madrid, Spain; 1780

He was trained by his father and L. M. van Loo in Spain. He was van Loo's assistant 1742-48.

There were 45 Melendez still life pictures displayed in the Spanish royal palace in Aranjuez; only one of these has gone missing, the remaining 44 are distributed in art musuems throughout the world and in major private collections.

There are two known self-portraits, one in Paris at the Louvre the other in Madrid at the Prado (not shown below).

The Afternoon Meal (La Merienda) about 176x oil on canvas; 105× 154 cm Metropolitan Museum New York, NY, US	Cucumbers and Tomatoes 1772 oil on canvas Prado, Madrid, Spain	Melon and Pears about 1770 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts Boston, MA, US
Pigeons, Onions, Bread and Kitchen Utensils 1772 oiil on canvas Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, CT, US	Box of Sweets and Bread Twists 1770 oil on canvas Prado, Madrid, Spain	Oranges and Walnuts 1772 oil on canvas; 61×81 cm National Gallery London, England
Figs and Bread about 1775 oil on canvas; 37×47 cm Louvre, Paris, France		Self-Portrait 1746 Oil on canvas; 10×8 cm Louvre, Paris, France