With the rise of reality television, it has become banal for young girls to become child stars. Unfortunately, with the present attention deficit disorder society, their success is often brief and limited. Knowing how easily fame can be achieved as well as lost, it magnifies the impressiveness of the accomplishments of Angelica Kauffmann. Born in 1741 in Chur, Switzerland, Angelica Kauffman’s father, Joseph Johann Kauffmann had minimal success of his own as a painter. But, Angelica Kauffmann was quick to adopt his best qualities with her fascination for stark colors. At a young age, Angelica Kauffmann developed a reputation for herself that would evolve into becoming arguably the most prominent female painter of the 18th century and one of the leading artists of early neoclassical art .
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Neoclassicism is a movement appeared in mid-18th century as a reaction to Rococo and dominated till the end of 19th century. Neoclassic artists produced works of visual arts, architecture, literature and music. Neoclassicism tries to adopt ideals of Greek and Roman art using classical forms. Neoclassical art was mostly used in England and France but also spread through Europe and USA in a short time. Rococo style was based on elaborated decoration, ostentation, asymmetry and lightness and demonstrated aristocracy. Neoclassicism replaced Rococo with rationality, order, balance and perfect control, focusing on noble simplicity. Also Neoclassicism was calm and focused on more formal emotions such as nationalism, loyalty for the country and self-sacrifice as opposed to lighthearted Rococo. |
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