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Rococo art quiz

1.
When and where did the Rococo style begin?
18th century France
2.
Rococo artists primarily painted what types of scenes?
Leisure and love
3.
What's the title of the painting by Jean-Honore Fragonard?
The Swing
4.
Who was the first Rococo painter?
Jean-Antoine Watteau
5.
Who is the author of the painting?
Francois Boucher
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
7.
The Rococo style began in the reign of which king?
Louis XV
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
Match the pairs.
9.
George von Knobelsdorff
Sanssouci
10.
Balthasar Neumann
Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers
11.
Jean-Honoré Fragonard
A Young Girl Reading
12.
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Embarkation for Cythera
13.
François Boucher
The Birth and Triumph of Venus
14.
What's the title of the painting?
The Stolen Kiss
15.
Although Rococo started in France, its influence quickly spread to artists and architects in England, Italy, and Germany.
True
Answer the following questions.
16.
Answer the following questions.
Who is the author of the painting?
Jean-Honore Fragonard
17.
Answer the following questions.
Title?
The Love Letter
18.
Rococo style is also knows as ___________.
Late Baroque
19.
She is known as the "godmother of the Rococo". Who is it?
Madame de Pompadour
20.
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
21.
What's the title of the painting?
The Toilet of Venus
22.
The painting presents "The Abduction of Europe" painted in 1747 by Francois Boucher.
False
23.
He's known as Canaletto, was born in 1697. He died in 1768 in Venice. What's his real name?
Giovanni Antonio Canal
24.
How did English Rococo differ from French Rococo?
The natural motifs were more realistic in English Rococo.
25.
One of the most famous examples of Rococo in England is ________________.
The Great Witley Church