Antoine Watteau, Was A French Painter Whose Brief Career Spurred The Revival Of Interest In Color And Movement, As Seen In The Tradition Of Correggio And Rubens

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Antoine Watteau

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Antoine Watteau

The Love Song

 Antoine Watteau

The Italian Comedians, 1721

 

Jean-Antoine Watteau better known as Antoine Watteau, was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in color and movement, as seen in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens. He revitalized the waning Baroque style, shifting it to the less severe, more naturalistic, less formally classical Rococo.Watteau is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes, scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with a theatrical air. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.