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Rococo art quiz
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When and where did the Rococo style begin?
18th century Italy
19th century France
18th century France
19th century Italy
Rococo artists primarily painted what types of scenes?
Leisure and love
Landscapes and floral arrangements
War and politics
Hunting and sporting events
What's the title of the painting by Jean-Honore Fragonard?
A Swinging Lady
The Forest and a Lady
The Swing
The Swinging Lady
Who was the first Rococo painter?
Francois Boucher
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Who is the author of the painting?
Thomas Gainsborough
Francois Boucher
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Jean Chardin
Fêtes galantes, usually small in scale, show groups of elegantly attired men and women, most often placed in a parkland setting and engaged in decorously amorous play.
The Rococo style began in the reign of which king?
Louis XV
Louis XIV
Louis XVIII
Napoleon I
An 18th-century artistic or architectural style of decoration characterized by elaborate ornamentation with pebbles and shells, typical of grottos and fountains. What is it?
A rocaille
A boudoir
A vaudeville
En grisaille
Match the pairs.
George von Knobelsdorff
Sanssouci
Balthasar Neumann
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
A Young Girl Reading
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Embarkation for Cythera
François Boucher
The Birth and Triumph of Venus
What's the title of the painting?
The Stolen Kiss
Although Rococo started in France, its influence quickly spread to artists and architects in England, Italy, and Germany.
Answer the following questions.
Rococo style is also knows as ___________.
Young Baroque
Late Baroque
Middle Baroque
Dark Baroque
She is known as the "godmother of the Rococo". Who is it?
Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun
Madame de Pompadour
Françoise Duparc
Rosalba Carriera
The most famous example of Rococo in architecture is La Salon de la Princesse in the residence of the Prince and Princess de Soubise.