The Fêtes Galantes of Watteau

The Fêtes Galantes of Watteau

Six Paintings. One Concept

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Antoine Watteau is the pioneer of a genre called Fête Galante. It is a subgenre of the genre painting (costumbrista painting). Those works became popular during the Rococo due to a very simple reason: they were the spirit itself of Rococo.

The aristocrats have fun and flirt without a worry in elegant gardens or in the country. Idealized scenes, with a naif touch where everything is sophistication and sensuality. A party that would end with the French Revolution.

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Rococo style.

Characteristic Elements of Rococo Painting.

Artistic Movements from Classical Antiquity to Rococo.

Rococo Style in 6 Paintings.

The Touch of François Boucher.

Marie-Louise-Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (1755-1842).

Baroque.

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