|
|
Article: Rococo Redux.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- School Arts
- Article date:
- December 1, 1998
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1998 Davis Publications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
For an engaging art history project for junior high students, take a worthless discard, and give it glamourous new life as an objet d'art. When the object in question is the student's own shoe, the project becomes even more meaningful.
When we first learned about the Rococo period of the eighteenth century the young teenagers in my class did not relate immediately to the elegant, extravagant costumes of that time. The reproductions of paintings by Fragonard and Watteau showing the elaborate fashions in satin, silk, and lace were definitely of another time and place. We discussed the atmosphere of frivolity which prevailed at the time and compared it to present ...