 Very elaborate and ornate
 Devoted to the mastery of light to achieve the greatest
emotional impact
 In some countries the religious works were banned
which meant more still life images were seen
St Peter’s Cathedral, Rome, renovations done in 15th century by the chief
architect Donato
Bernini, Canopy for St. Peter’s
Cathedral
Bernini, The Ecstasy of St.
Theresa, Cornaro Chapel, 164552, Rome
Caravaggio, The Conversion of St.
Paul, Oil on Canvas, 1601, Rome
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith
Slaying Holofernes, 1614-20, Oil
on Canvas, Rome
Rubens, Toilette der Venus,
1612-15, Oil on Panel
Rubens, The Descent from the Cross,
1612, oil on panel
Van Dyck, Charles I at the
Hunt, 1635, Oil on Canvas
Hals, The Jolly Toper,
1627, Oil on Canvas
Rembrandt, The Nightwatch, 1642, Oil on Canvas, Amsterdam
Rembrandt, Self Portrait,
1629-30, Oil on Canvas
Vermeer, Girl With a Pearl
Earring, 1665, Oil on Canvas
Vermeer, The Kitchen Maid,
1658, Oil on Canvas
Diego Velázquez, Venus With a Mirror, 1648, Oil on canvas, London
Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656, Oil on Canvas, Madrid
Hogarth, Breakfast Scene (from Marriage a la Mode), 1745, Oil on Canvas
 Rococo coincided with the reign of Louis XV
 Meant to be playful and energetic
 Ribbon, sinuous lines
 The name comes from “rocaille” motif (shellwork,
pebbles)
 Very ornamental and busy –filled with swirls and
curlicues
Fragonard, The Swing, 1766,
Oil on Canvas, London
La Tour, The Penitent Magdalen,
1638-43, Oil on Canvas
Poussin, Burial of Phociaon, 1848, Oil on Canvas
Watteau, Pilgrimage to Cythera, 1717, Oil on Canvas
Cuvilliés, Mirror Room, 1734-39, Amalienburg Germany
Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann, Wallpavillon, Dresden Germany 1711-12
Gaudi, Casa Milà, 1907 Barcelona