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French
Baroque
Italian
Spanish Baroque
Low Lands
Baroque
Modern Art (starting around 1750)
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Part 1: The French Rococo |
The Rococo is a name for the dominent style of a European art in first half of the eighteenth century. The second part of this gallery concentrates on Rococo art in areas outside of France.
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Still Life with Dead Hare |
Dog Garding Game Near Rosebush |
Self as Sportsman |
Antoine Watteau
Pilgrimage to Cytheria |
Thirteen more Watteau pictures.
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon
Chardin
Dead Rabbit |
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Diana, the Huntress |
Seated Nude |
Odalisque |
born: Grasse, France; 5 April 1732
died: Paris, France; 22 August 1806
The Swing |
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Bacchus and a Nymph |
Mary Louise Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrunborn: Paris, France; 16 April 1755
died: Paris, France; 30 March 1842
| Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun painted the portraits, mostly in baroque style, of many prominent figure in Europe and Russia from approximately 1770 to 1835. She left France at the outset of the French Revolution. She lived in exile for 12 years traveling Europe while her fame and fortune increased. She was one of the most prominent portrait artists of her time. She completed over 900 paintings including 700 portraits. |
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Countess Golovin |
Four more Vigee-Lebrun pictures.
PART TWO: The ROCOCO in Other Countries
French
Baroque
Italian
Spanish Baroque
Low Lands
Baroque
Modern Art (starting around 1750)
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![Clodion: [sculpture] Bacchus and a Nymph](clodion/M/clodion_bacchus+nymph.c1790.jpg)
