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Question 1
When and where did the Rococo style begin?
18th century France
Question 2
Rococo artists primarily painted what types of scenes?
Leisure and love
Question 3
What's the title of the painting by Jean-Honore Fragonard?
The Swing
Question 4
Who was the first Rococo painter?
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Question 5
Who is the author of the painting?
Francois Boucher
Question 6
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.
True
Question 7
The Rococo style began in the reign of which king?
Louis XV
Question 8
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
Question 9
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
Question 10
What's the title of the painting?
The Stolen Kiss
Question 11
Although Rococo started in France, its influence quickly spread to artists and architects in England, Italy, and Germany.
True
Question 12
Answer the following questions.
Question 13
Rococo style is also knows as ___________.
Late Baroque
Question 14
She is known as the "godmother of the Rococo". Who is it?
Madame de Pompadour
Question 15
The most famous example of Rococo in architecture is La Salon de la Princesse in the residence of the Prince and Princess de Soubise.
True