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Art & Art History: Rococo (c. 1715-1774 CE)

Rococo

Rococo (Bloomsbury Guide to Art) From Bloomsbury Guide to Art An 18th-century style, principally associated with the decorative arts, deriving its name from the French, rocaille, meaning 'rock-work'.
Rococo (Wikipedia)
Rococo (World Book Advanced)
Rococo from The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art
ROCOCO from The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Rococo (Smarthistory)
Rococo (essays)(Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History)
Rococo (The Art Story)

1684-1721 Jean-Antoine Watteau

Antoine Watteau (1684 - 1721): Topic Page The outstanding painter of the French Rococo, and artist beside whom the talents of his contemporaries and successors are measured.
Jean-Antoine Watteau (Wikipedia)

1696-1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Giovanni Tiepolo (1696 - 1770): Topic Page Italian painter. He was one of the first exponents of Italian rococo and created monumental decorative schemes in palaces and churches in northeastern Italy, southwestern Germany, and Madrid.
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Wikipedia)

1703-1770 François Boucher

François Boucher (Wikipedia)
François Boucher (1703 - 1770): Topic Page French rococo painter. He was court painter to Louis XV from 1765, and was popular for his light-hearted, decorative scenes which often convey a playful eroticism.

1732-1806 Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (Wikipedia)
Jean Fragonard (1732 - 1806): Topic Page Jean-Honoré Fragonard was the last of the French Rococo painters. He outlived the movement, and died poor and unnoticed during the heyday of Neoclassicism.