Podcast Episode 27: The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

In this week's episode of Accessible Art History: The Podcast, I discuss the Rococo masterpiece The Swing. Painted in 1767 and perfectly encapsulates the flirtatious and sensual nature of this period. To listen, click here or download onto your favorite platform!

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Menacing Love

Étienne-Maurice Falconet, 1757

Public Domain via Rijksmuseum

Front Entrance of the Wallace Collection

London, England

CC 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Self Portrait

Jean-Honoré Fragonard, date unknown

Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Sources

Gardner’s Art through the Ages, 12th edition by Fred S. Kleiner

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swing_(Fragonard)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE4BBy2lczM

https://www.artsy.net/series/stories-10-art-historys-iconic-works/artsy-editorial-undressing-erotic-symbolism-the-swing-fragonards-decadent-masterpiece

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Honor%C3%A9_Fragonard

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/frag/hd_frag.htm

https://courses.lumenlearning.com/boundless-arthistory/chapter/the-enlightenment/#:~:text=Previous%20to%20the%20Enlightenment%2C%20the,which%20became%20known%20as%20Neoclassicism.