Caprice and Corruption: 18th-Century Prints
Feb 04, 2011 - Mar 03, 2011
Play, fantasy and corruption were the counterweights to the famed enlightenment of the eighteenth century in Europe. This exhibition starts in Venice with the rise of the capriccio or "caprice," exemplified by the enigmatic etchings of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi created dramatic architectural fantasies. Jean Honore Fragonard and other French artists evoked aristocratic frivolity. Meanwhile, in England, William Hogarth created one of the most memorable tales of corruption, The Harlot's Progress, 1732. The exhibition concludes with Francisco Goya's radical reworking of the caprice into Los Caprichos, his biting satires of Spanish society. Organized by students in a Museum Studies seminar, the exhibition includes more than 50 old master prints from the Davison Art Center collection.
Play, fantasy and corruption were the counterweights to the famed enlightenment of the eighteenth century in Europe. This exhibition starts in Venice with the rise of the capriccio or "caprice," exemplified by the enigmatic etchings of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo. In Rome, Giovanni Battista Piranesi created dramatic architectural fantasies. Jean Honore Fragonard and other French artists evoked aristocratic frivolity. Meanwhile, in England, William Hogarth created one of the most memorable tales of corruption, The Harlot's Progress, 1732. The exhibition concludes with Francisco Goya's radical reworking of the caprice into Los Caprichos, his biting satires of Spanish society. Organized by students in a Museum Studies seminar, the exhibition includes more than 50 old master prints from the Davison Art Center collection.
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