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Rococo
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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'.
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1684-1721 Jean-Antoine Watteau
1696-1770 Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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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.
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1703-1770 François Boucher
1732-1806 Jean-Honoré Fragonard