_Arts

The Nude Maja Artist: Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) Title: The Nude Maja Deutsch: Die nackte Maja Español: la Maja desnuda Français : La Maja nue Year: 1800-1803 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 97 × 190 cm References http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Francisco_de_Goya_y_Lucientes_011.jpg The work of art depicted in this image and the reproduction thereof are in the public domain worldwide. The reproduction is part of a collection of reproductions compiled by The Yorck Project. The compilation copyright is held by Zenodot Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. Female nude in paintings | Classicist paintings | Realist paintings | Maja (Goya) | Rococo paintings of women | Paintings by Francisco de Goya

Marie-Louise O'Murphy (François, 1751) Artist; François Boucher (1703–1770) Title: Ruhendes Mädchen (Louise O'Murphey). Alternate title(s): Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737-1818), mistress to Louis XV of France. Year: 1751 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 59.5 × 73.5 cm (23.43 × 28.94 in) Current location: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

A Summer Pastoral (1749) Title: A Summer Pastoral Français: Un Été pastoral Русский: Летняя пастораль Year: 1749 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 259 × 197 cm (101.97 × 77.56 in) Artist: François Boucher (1703–1770) François Boucher (September 29, 1703 – May 30, 1770) was a French painter, a proponent of Rococo taste, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories representing the arts or pastoral occupations, and intended as a sort of two-dimensional furniture. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boucher_A_Summer_Pastoral.jpg 1740s paintings by François Boucher | 1749 paintings | Bagpipers in art | Baskets in art | Cows in art | Eye contact in art | Females with flowers in art | Flower crowns in art | Oil paintings of people | Paintings by Boucher in the Wallace Collection | Paintings in the Wallace Collection | Pastoral paintings by Boucher | People with landscape backgrounds | People with goats in art | People with sh...

Diana leaving her Bath (1742) Artist: François Boucher (1703–1770) Title: Diana leaving her Bath Diane sortant du bain Year: 1742 Technique: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 57 × 73 cm (22.44 × 28.74 in) Current location: Musée du Louvre, Sully, Department of Paintings, 2nd floor, room 38, Paris 1740s paintings by François Boucher | 1742 paintings | Actaeon | Bathing women in art | Companions of Diana | Diana by François Boucher | Females with dogs in art | French paintings in the Louvre - Room 38 | Getting dressed | Mythological paintings by François Boucher | Oil paintings of women | Paintings by Boucher in the Louvre | Paintings of nude sitting females | Paintings of nude females in nature | Paintings of adolescent girls | Paintings of dogs | Paintings with two nude females | Rococo paintings of women

Rococo (1700 - 1760) Based in France, Rococo was a decorative style most often used in interior design, painting, architecture, and sculpture. Normally associated with the reign of King Louis XV, the movement actually began in the 17th century. With the rise of the middle class, the death of Louis XIV at this time, the high society in Paris became the pinnacle of fashion. Louis XIV was succeed by the Duke of Orleans in 1715, who was know for enjoying the privileges of his office, moving social life away from the formal courts and into salons. This attitude was continued with the following reign of Louis XV. Rococo was manifested out of this new era of thought where society abandoned the formality of the earlier years and began pursuing personal amusement and happiness. One of the first Rococo painters was Jean-Antoine Watteau, whose work began to epitomize the movement with its idyllic and charming approach. Another artist that represented the Rococo period was Francois Boucher, who ...