Rococo
“LATE BAROQUE” AN 18TH CENTURY ARTISTIC MOVEMENT AND STYLE, IT
DEALS WITH PAINTING, SCULPTURE, ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN,
DECORATION, LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND THEATRE
Background and History
Rococo started in France under King Louis XIV in the early 1700s
King Louis XIV wanted more artistic work to come from The Royal
Academy of Painting and Sculpture
At the academy, Rococo Movement began as a debate over
whether the drawing or the coloring was more important
The Poussinistes believed drawing was more important and The
Rubenistes believe that the coloring was more important
From there Rococo art began to expand to different parts of Europe
like Italy and Germany
Rococo art looks like Baroque art but more pastel
Germain Boffrand
“Salon de
princesse a l’hotel
Soubise”
Hotel de Soubise was built for the
prince and princess de Soubise
It built 1737-1740
The Princess had a special room in
the hotel that was called “Salon de a
I’hotel Soubise
This specific room was created by
Germain Boffrand
Jean-Antoine Watteau “A
Pilgrimage to Cythera”
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This painting took five years to
complete because at the time, the
artist was also working on increasing
the number of private commissions
After completing it Jean-Antoine
Watteau turned it in The Royal
Academy of Painting and Sculpture
in 1717
The painting remained in the
Academy until it was moved to the
Muséum Central des Arts de la
République
In 1793, it was switched to the the
Musée du Louvre
Jean-Honore Fragonard “The
Swing” and “The Bathers”
The Swing
The Bathers
It is located in Wallace
Collection gallery in London
It was completed in 1765
“The Swing” was completed
1767
It is a painting of a woman
being pushed on a swing by
her husband while she was
flirting with another man
This painting is located in
the Louvre musuem in
Paris,France
This is a painting of eight
women sitting on a
stream
The painting was first sent to
Gabriel Francois Doyen to
represent him and his mistress
Claude Michel (Clodion) “Satyr and Bacchante”
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MADE IN 1773
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MADE IN PARIS, FRANCE
Jean-Baptiste Simeon “Back Fron the Market”
Made 1739
This art work shows a maid
coming back from the
market
It is located in the art
museum Musée Du
Louvre, Paris, France
Jean-Batiste Greuze
“Broken Eggs”
Created in 1756
Is located in Paris Salon
Art Museum
Was made in Rome
Made out of oil
This painting shows
children getting in trouble
for breaking eggs
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