Editing Rococo (section)

==Painting==
{{Main|Rococo painting}}
Elements of the ''Rocaille'' style appeared in the work of some French painters, including a taste for the picturesque in details; curves and counter-curves; and dissymmetry which replaced the movement of the baroque with exuberance, though the French ''rocaille'' never reached the extravagance of the Germanic rococo.{{Sfn|Cabanne|1988|page=98}} The leading proponent was [[Antoine Watteau]], particularly in ''[[The Embarkation for Cythera]]'' (1717), [[Louvre]], in a genre called ''[[Fête galante]]'' depicting scenes of young nobles gathered together to celebrate in a pastoral setting. Watteau died in 1721 at the age of thirty-seven, but his work continued to have influence through the rest of the century. A version of Watteau's painting titled ''Pilgrimage to Cythera'' was purchased by [[Frederick the Great]] of Prussia in 1752 or 1765 to decorate his palace of [[Schloss Charlottenburg|Charlottenburg]] in Berlin.{{Sfn|Cabanne|1988|page=98}}

The successor of Watteau and the ''Féte Galante'' in decorative painting was [[François Boucher]] (1703–1770), the favorite painter of [[Madame de Pompadour]]. His work included the sensual ''Toilette de Venus'' (1746), which became one of the best known examples of the style. Boucher participated in all of the genres of the time, designing tapestries, models for porcelain sculpture, set decorations for the [[Paris Opera]] and ''[[Opéra-Comique]]'', and decor for the [[Théâtre de la foire#Foire Saint-Laurent|Fair of Saint-Laurent]].{{Sfn|Cabanne|1988|page=104}} Other important painters of the ''Fête Galante'' style included [[Nicolas Lancret]] and [[Jean-Baptiste Pater]]. The style particularly influenced [[François Lemoyne]], who painted the lavish decoration of the ceiling of the Salon of Hercules at the [[Palace of Versailles]], completed in 1735.{{Sfn|Cabanne|1988|page=98}} Paintings with fétes gallant and mythological themes by Boucher, [[Pierre-Charles Trémolières]] and [[Charles-Joseph Natoire]] decorated the famous salon of the [[Hôtel Soubise]] in Paris (1735–1740).{{Sfn|Cabanne|1988|page=104}} Other Rococo painters include: [[Jean François de Troy]] (1679–1752), [[Jean-Baptiste van Loo]] (1685–1745), his two sons [[Louis-Michel van Loo]] (1707–1771) and [[Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo]] (1719–1795), his younger brother [[Charles-André van Loo]] (1705–1765), [[Nicolas Lancret]] (1690–1743), and [[Jean Honoré Fragonard]] (1732–1806).

In Austria and Southern Germany, Italian painting had the largest effect on the Rococo style. The Venetian painter [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]], assisted by his son, [[Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo]], was invited to paint frescoes for the [[Würzburg Residence]] (1720–1744). The most prominent painter of Bavarian rococo churches was [[Johann Baptist Zimmermann]], who painted the ceiling of the [[Wieskirche]] (1745–1754).

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File:L'Embarquement pour Cythere, by Antoine Watteau, from C2RMF retouched.jpg|[[Antoine Watteau]], ''[[The Embarkation for Cythera]]'' (1717)
File:Déjeuner de jambon - Nicolas Lancret - musée Condé.jpg|"[[The Ham Dinner]]" by [[Nicolas Lancret]] (1735)
File:François Lemoyne - L'Apothéose d'Hercule - Google Art Project.jpg|Ceiling of the Salon of Hercules by [[François Lemoyne]] (1735)
File:The Toilet of Venus, by François Boucher.jpg|''The Toilet of Venus'' by [[François Boucher]] (1746)
File:Tiepolo-residenz-wuerzburg.jpg|Ceiling fresco in the [[Würzburg Residence]] (1720–1744) by [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]]
File:Kuppelfreskowieskirche.jpg|Ceiling of the [[Wieskirche]] by [[Johann Baptist Zimmermann]] (1745–1754)
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