Esercizi di stile

mesbeauxarts:

Louis Gauffier. Cleopatra And Octavian. 1787.

Oil on canvas.

Scottish National Gallery. Edinburgh, Scotland.

Neoclassicismo

(via opus53)

a-l-ancien-regime:

Great hall in the  Louis XV  style - watercolor (1907)

a-l-ancien-regime:

Madmoiselle Huquier (Girl with a Cat)

Jean-Baptiste Perronneau (Paris, c. 1715 – Amsterdam, 19 November 1783) 

1747

Rococò

a-l-ancien-regime:

“Asia”

Johann Friedrich Eberlein  (1695–1749)

Meissen Manufactory ca. 1745–55

Rococò

unisapien:

:))

(via unisapien)

a-l-ancien-regime:

Armchair

Georges Jacob  (1739–1814, master 1765)

Date: ca. 1770–80 Culture: French (Paris) Medium: Carved and gilded walnut, gold and blue lampas

Transizione dal Rococò al Neoclassico.

sylvanus-urban:

Ribband back chairs, from The Gentleman and Cabinet-maker’s Director by Thomas Chippendale, 1754

a-l-ancien-regime:

Pair of mounted vases, ca. 1750

These  sky-blue vases of the Qianlong period were embellished in Paris  and adapted to the European Rococo aesthetic.  In this manner they could enhance a mediocre piece of porcelain or preserve a precious but damaged object.

Vasi orientali adattati al gusto Rococò.

(Fonte: metmuseum.org, via blueroomlady-deactivated2012122)

a-l-ancien-regime:

Sarah Fermor (1750) by Ivan Vishnyakov 

Rococò

a-l-ancien-regime:

Sofa (Canapé à Confidents)

Jean-Jacques Pothier  (master 1750, working until ca. 1780)

Date: ca. 1765 French  Medium: Carved and gilded beechwood, upholstered with modern blue and silver silk lampas.

Rococò