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Thursday
Jan102013

The Delicate Rococo

DateThursday, January 10, 2013 at 12:38PM

Actors from the Comédie Française - Watteau - c. 1720 - Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (click photo for larger image)The Progress of Love: The Pursuit - Fragonard - 1773 - Oil on canvas, 318 x 216 cm - Frick Collection, New York Designations: Rococo and 18th Century European Painting (click photo for larger image)The grandeur and extravagance of the Baroque era was replaced by Rococo Art, in Europe, during the early days of the 18th century. It was most popular in France, and is generally associated with the reign of King Louis XV (1715-1774). The Rococo is a light, elaborate and decorative style of art--and much more intimate in terms of size and subject matter. Two quintessentially Rococo artists are Jean-Antoine Watteau and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.

Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684-1721) was regarded as the greatest French painter of his period and one of the key figures of the Rococo.

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) ( ) developed, from his beginnings as a pupil and follower of François Boucher, into the most brilliant and versatile artist in 18th-century France.

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