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…, stand out against the dark recesses of the background. David uses the swords to symbolise loyalty to the state. He wants to emphasise the need to serve the state. David probably drew the picture in opposition to the popular rococo style (Block 3, p. 183…

…, Toronto, 1977 4. Baroque and Rococo Art Bazin, Germain, Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers, 1964 5. Rubens Selected Drawings volume 1 Held, Julius S., Phaidon Press Ltd., 1959 6. Rubens Selected Drawings volume 2 Held…

…McLeod Limited, Toronto, 1977 4. Baroque and Rococo Art Bazin, Germain, Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., Publishers, 1964 5. Rubens Selected Drawings volume 1 Held, Julius S., Phaidon Press Ltd., 1959 6. Rubens Selected Drawings…

…aware of the qualities needed for leadership in a self-governing society, his art underwent change "His competent imitations of stylish British rococo painting, which represented standards of artistic beauty and elegance, were replaced by simpler…

…, the Czar of Russia, and by Stanislas Leszczinska, father - in - law of the king and former ruler of Poland (39). The name “Rococo” is and appreciative expression of the first half of the Eighteenth Century (39). “It favors the Baroque characteristics…

…, it attained its greatest importance in the United States and England. The Columbia Encyclopedia (2003) describes that the early works were designed in a fanciful late rococo manner, exemplified by Horace Walpole's remodeled "gothick" house, "Strawberry Hill…

…the elaborate and flamboyant Baroque art and the Rococo style of the early eighteenth century versus the Minimalist painters and sculptors of the late 1950's and early 1960's occur. Why does humanity need to categorize and label everything in its proper manner…

…the sensual, beautiful works of the Rococo movement to the emotional and expressive works of the Post-Impressionism movement, the finished piece is seen as the result of an artist’s imagination, the product of a skilled hand working on a surface. It is evident…

…, and rococo. These techniques were not only useful in painting but in collages as well. Picasso initiated Cubism at the age of twenty-six after he already had established himself as a successful painter. Picasso led the evolution towards cubism in order…

…. Sculpture Renaissance to Rococo: A History of Western Sculpture. Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society, 1969. Stokstad, Marilyn. Art History. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1995. Wallace, Robert. The World of Bernini: 1598-1680. New York: Time-Life…