Jean-Antoine Watteau's The Embarkation
for the Island of Cythera, (1717) is one of the best surviving examples
of French rococo painting.
Rococo
| From the French "rocaille" meaning "rock work," this late Baroque (c. 1715-1775) style used in interior decoration and painting was characteristically playful, pretty, romantic, and visually loose or soft; it used small scale and ornate decoration, pastel colors, and asymmetrical arrangement of curves. Rococo was popular in France and southern Germany in the 18th century. | ||
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Jean-Antoine Watteau's The Embarkation
for the Island of Cythera, (1717) is one of the best surviving examples
of French rococo painting.
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