A brief presentation of Rococo art.

1. ROCOCO Rococo was born in France in the middle of the 18th century. It was a reaction of nobility against classical baroque which had been imposed at Versailles by Louis XIV.

2. ROCOCO It is a style of the aristocracy: it reveals a taste for what is clear and elegant, refined and gallant. It fits to a life without worry, agreeable and closely related to nature. Marguerite Gérard The Happy Household

3. ROCOCO The word rococo is a combination of the words "rocaille" (stones) and "coquille" (shell), elements which inspire the first designs.

4. ROCOCO Its subject matter frequently dealt with the leisurely pastimes of the aristocracy. Jean-Antoine Watteau The Pilgrimage to Cythera

5. ROCOCO Watteau, Jean-Antoine Gilles 1718 - 1720

6. ROCOCO Boucher, Francois Are They Thinking about the Grape? 1747

7. ROCOCO Chardin, Jean-Baptiste Simeon Soap Bubbles 1745

8. ROCOCO Fragonard, Jean-Honore The Swing 1768 - 1769

9. ROCOCO Fragonard, Jean-Honore Psyche showing her Sisters her Gifts from Cupid 1753

10. ROCOCO Gainsborough, Thomas Mr. And Mrs. Andrews 1748 - 1749

11. ROCOCO Greuze, Jean-Baptiste Portrait of Claude-Henri Watalet 1763

12. ROCOCO LABILLE-GUIARD, Adelaide Self Portrait 1785

13. ROCOCO Gérard, Marguerite First Steps 1785

14. ROCOCO Vigee-Lebrun, Elisabeth Marie Antoinette and Her Children 1787

15. ROCOCO Hogarth, William Marriage A-la-Mode: 2. The Tête à Tête about 1743