Topic 5 Formal elements in sculpture 2 Flashcards
(21 cards)
When was Mannerism?
c.1528–1600
What did Mannerism break the rules of and reject?
- Broke the rules of Classicism.
- Rejected the key features of the Renaissance: balance, harmony, naturalistic and idealised figures, and a static viewpoint.
What was Mannerism and what did it exaggerate to create what?
Anti-naturalistic and complex, developing exaggerated individual formal features to create a new sense of beauty. It often flaunted its stylishness with impossibly challenging poses full of movement, and dramatic narrative, sometimes at the expense of deeper meaning.
When was the Baroque style?
c.1600–1700
What did Baroque return to?
But…
- More classical approach after the confusions of Mannerism.
- In other respects, it is a more extreme form of Mannerist movement and drama.
What are key features of Baroque?
- Grandeur.
- Theatricality.
- Spatial complexity.
- Strong light effects.
- Decorative elaboration.
Baroque favoured a combination of what?
Materials - often coloured.
What are Baroque’s most dramatic examples associated with?
The Catholic Reformation.
When was Rococo sculpture?
Early to mid-eighteenth century.
What are key features of Rococo?
- Private.
- Playful.
- Graceful.
- Delightful.
- Elegant.
What is the Rococo sculpture associated with and designed to do what?
Interior decoration and designed to amuse the senses rather than stimulate the intellect.
Like the Baroque style, Rococo exhibits…
Virtuoso carving of textures to turn cold marble into flesh, usually on a small scale.
Baroque art create form using what rather than line?
Shadow or patches of colour.
What does Neoclassicism mean?
A ‘new’ form of classical art.
When was Neoclassicism?
1770s to 1850s
What did Neoclassicism react strongly against?
The frivolity of Rococo.
What did Neoclassicism look back to?
The rational, ordered art of the classical past at its most austere, rather than pursuing the blend of classicism and naturalism found in the Renaissance.
What is the significance of the choice of pure white marble for sculptures?
White marble is indicative of nobility, refinement and purity of spirit, appropriate for mythological figures.
What is Romanticism all about?
An individual’s emotion rather than what everyone else thought it should be.
Classical revival styles continued into what period in parallel with the emergence of Romanticism in sculpture, and also with the emergence of Realism?
Nineteenth century.
Romanticism focused on what?
The individual imagination and emotion rather than a universal ideal.
