Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge specific points made in the reading passage.
During the eighteenth century, the Rococo style became predominant in European art and architecture. The style emphasized bright colors, elaborate ornamentation, and the use of playful designs and subject matter. While Rococo artists dominated Europe for decades, since the nineteenth century the style has been widely ridiculed.
Perhaps the most historically interesting reason that Rococo art lost popularity is that Rococo artists often worked for aristocratic patrons, decorating mansions and palaces. However, the late eighteenth century saw major political revolutions in Europe emphasizing social equality. Rococo artists, meanwhile, created overly elaborate, expensive art for wealthy audiences who exploited or ignored the working class. Rococo art came to symbolize the arrogance and vanity of the old ruling classes.
Rococo was also condemned for its frivolous subject matter. Later artistic movements often put great emphasis on creating art with positive social messages. Rococo artists, in contrast, tended to focus on non-serious subject matter, such as aristocrats playing games in the countryside or lovers on picnics. The artists’ lack of engagement with serious philosophical ideas meant their work had little depth or sophistication.
Finally, the Rococo’s emphasis on the use of expensive materials to create an illusion of opulence has also fallen into disfavor. Today, elements such as gilded surfaces and beaming cherubs, hallmarks of Rococo art, seem more gaudy than inspired. For generations of viewers, the style has come to epitomize the idea of “style over substance.” Its use of asymmetrical designs and emphasis on melodramatic uses of light and color often create an over-the-top rather than impressive effect.
In contrast to the reading passage, which emphasizes the qualities of Rococo art that led to its critical dismissal, the lecturer focuses on redeeming characteristics of the style. The professor disagrees with the text about the significance of the art’s aristocratic audience, subject matter, and use of elaborate decoration.
The passage explains that Rococo art was often created for aristocratic buyers who ignored the poor, but social changes in Europe created an environment that was hostile toward those who catered to the ruling class. However, the professor points out that most art throughout history was actually created for wealthy patrons; Rococo art is not totally unique in that regard. What’s more, she mentioned that Rococo artists sometimes worked on public places, like churches, which were clearly not designed for the wealthy alone.
The second point that the professor makes has to do with the subject matter of Rococo art. According to the text, Rococo style was interested in simple leisure and decoration rather than deep philosophical ideas. However, the professor contradicts this by saying that Rococo artists put subtlety and sophistication into their work. She gives an example of a painting that depicts three people whose relationships can be inferred just by the details of their facial expressions and postures. She believes that this shows unexpected depth.
Finally, in contrast to the reading passage’s claim that Rococo style is too elaborate, the professor reminds the students that this is a purely subjective point. Others appreciate the more difficult techniques and experimentation used in the paintings.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 343, Rule ID: VERY_UNIQUE[1]
Message: Use simply 'unique'.
Suggestion: unique
... for wealthy patrons; Rococo art is not totally unique in that regard. What's more, she m...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, finally, however, if, second, so, as to, in contrast, in contrast to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1411.0 1373.03311258 103% => OK
No of words: 255.0 270.72406181 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.53333333333 5.08290768461 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99608801488 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.90889473667 2.5805825403 113% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 145.348785872 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.61568627451 0.540411800872 114% => OK
syllable_count: 435.6 419.366225166 104% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.2706323525 49.2860985944 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.583333333 110.228320801 107% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.25 21.698381199 98% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.91666666667 7.06452816374 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.174848916852 0.272083759551 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0634240155202 0.0996497079465 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0576591409109 0.0662205650399 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.110869241796 0.162205337803 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0185728361183 0.0443174109184 42% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 13.3589403974 114% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 53.8541721854 77% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.79 12.2367328918 121% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.82 8.42419426049 117% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 63.6247240618 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.5 10.7273730684 135% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 15.0 11.2008830022 134% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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