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Rococo (less commonly roccoco ) is a style of 18th century French art and interior design. Rococo rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, orna...
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One of the first Rococo painters was Jean-Antoine Watteau, whose work began to epitomize the movement with its idyllic and charming approach. Another artist that represented the Rococo period was Francois Boucher, who created paintings and designed tapestries for the French royalty and nobility.
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Antoine Watteau is considered to be one of the first Rococo painters. He often created asymmetrical compositions. This type of aesthetic balance became not only an important part of Rococo art, but of design in general.
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Rococo Fine Art Reproductions, Rococo Paintings and Masterpieces ... Though Rococo originated in the purely decorative arts, the style showed clearly in painting. These painters used delicate colors and curving forms, decorating their canvases with cherubs and myths of love. Portraiture was also popular among Rococo painters.
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Rococo Art: List of artists and index to where their art can be viewed at art museums worldwide. ... Artists by Movement: Rococo Art ... Rococo Art succeeded Baroque Art in Europe. It was most popular in France, and is generally associated with the reign of King Louis XV (1715-1774). It is a light, elaborate and decorative style...
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Watteau was not the only champion of the Rococo style, however. Two other painters - François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard - also created artistic confections that dazzle viewers with their charm and sophistication.
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The Rococo Style ... Painters turned from grandiloquence to the sensual surface delights of color and light, and from weighty religious and historical subjects—though these were never ignored completely—to more intimate mythological scenes, views of daily life, and portraiture.
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