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Friday, 30 March 2012

Blog 2: Research Statement and Annotated Bibliography

Research subject: French Rococo is an 18th century artistic movement and style which affected several aspects of the arts.

1. The book is about an exhibition that was held at the National design museum in March 2008 which called the continuing curve, 1730-2008. It explores the Rococo styles and its continuing revivals up to the present day in multiple fields, including furniture, decorative arts, textiles, prints, and drawings. I might learn something new about Rococo design by reading this source. Coffin, Sarah. (2008). Rococo: The continuing curve. New York, NY.

2. The journal article shows us a few of the French rococo designs and on each one it gives us a little description about it and who was the person who designed it. The article could be useful because we might see these designs in our course and we can learn about them with this article. Gimelson, Deborah. (date unknown). French Rococo Decorative Arts. The Magazine Antiques; (1990); 137, 3; ProQuest Central. 3.

3. The edited book has information on the creation of the rococo that’s involve with Louis XV and, it has an introduction page that talks about rococo with Germany and France. The source has enough information about creating the rococo and about Louis XV so it will be useful. Kimball, Fiske. (1943). The creation of the Rococo. Philadelphia museum of art.

4. The website has a few images of French Rococo style furniture and a description about them. There are information talking about the influences on Rococo, Rococo furniture makers and end of Rococo design. I can learn about Rococo furniture from this website and understand more about the influence on Rococo. Furniture Styles. (2004). Retrieved from http://www.furniturestyles.net/european/french/rococo.html

5. The image is a French Rocco design, the name of it is “Embarkation for the Island of Cythera” which was by Antoine Watteau in 1717. The colours that have been used and the water stream in this picture tell us that French Rococo designs have water themes in them. The image tells me and helps me remember what French Rococo designs look like.



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