Editing Rococo (section)

==Sculpture==
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Antonio Corradini - Dama Velata (Puritas) - Museo del Settecento Veneziano - Ca' Rezzonico, Venice.jpg|''The "Veiled Dame (Puritas)'' by [[Antonio Corradini]] (1722)
Edme Bouchardon, Cupid, 1744, NGA 41708.jpg|''Cupid'' by [[Edmé Bouchardon]], [[National Gallery of Art]] (1744)
Prometheus Adam Louvre MR1745 edit atoma.jpg|''Prometheus'' by [[Nicolas-Sébastien Adam]] (1762)
Vertumnus Pomona Lemoyne Louvre RF2716.jpg|''Vertumnus and Pomone'' by [[Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne]] (1760)
Falconet - Pygmalion & Galatee (1763)-black bg.jpg|Pygmalion et Galatee by [[Étienne-Maurice Falconet]] (1763)
The Intoxication of Wine MET DP254072.jpg|''The intoxication of wine'' by [[Claude Michel]] (Clodion), terracotta, 1780s–1790s
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Rococo sculpture was theatrical, sensual and dynamic, giving a sense of movement in every direction. It was most commonly found in the interiors of churches, usually closely integrated with painting and the architecture. Religious sculpture followed the Italian baroque style, as exemplified in the theatrical altarpiece of the [[Karlskirche]] in Vienna.

Early Rococo or [[Rocaille]] sculpture in France sculpture was lighter and offered more movement than the classical style of Louis XIV. It was encouraged in particular by [[Madame de Pompadour]], mistress of Louis XV, who commissioned many works for her chateaux and gardens. The sculptor [[Edmé Bouchardon]] represented [[Cupid]] engaged in carving his darts of love from the club of [[Hercules]]. Rococo figures also crowded the later [[Gardens of Versailles|fountains at Versailles]], such as the Fountain of Neptune by [[Lambert-Sigisbert Adam]] and [[Nicolas-Sebastien Adam]] (1740). Based on their success at Versailles, they were invited to Prussia by [[Frederick the Great]] to create fountain sculpture for [[Sanssouci Park]], Prussia (1740s).{{sfn|Duby|Daval|2013|pp=789–791}}

[[Étienne-Maurice Falconet]] (1716–1791) was another leading French sculptor during the period. Falconet was most famous for his [[Bronze Horseman]] statue of [[Peter the Great]] in St. Petersburg, but he also created a series of smaller works for wealthy collectors, which could be reproduced in a series in [[terracotta]] or cast in bronze. The French sculptors, [[Jean-Louis Lemoyne]], [[Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne]], [[Louis-Simon Boizot]], [[Michel Clodion]], [[Lambert-Sigisbert Adam]] and [[Jean-Baptiste Pigalle]] all produced sculpture in series for collectors.{{sfn|Duby|Daval|2013|p=819}}

In Italy, [[Antonio Corradini]] was among the leading sculptors of the Rococo style. A Venetian, he travelled around Europe, working for Peter the Great in St. Petersburg, for the courts in [[Habsburg monarchy|Austria]] and [[Kingdom of Naples|Naples]]. He preferred sentimental themes and made several skilled works of women with faces covered by veils, one of which is now in the [[Louvre]].{{sfn|Duby|Daval|2013|pp=781–832}}

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File:Wien-Landstraße, Oberes Belvedere, Trägerfigur.JPG|Atlantides in the upper [[Belvedere Palace]], Vienna, by [[Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt]] (1721–1722)
File:Kloster Rohr in Nby Detail Hochaltar.JPG|[[Assumption of Mary|Assumption]] scene by [[Egid Quirin Asam]] (1722–1723) former monastery church, [[Rohr in Niederbayern]]
File:El Transparente.jpg|''El Transparente'' altar in [[Toledo Cathedral]] by [[Narciso Tomé]] (1721–1732)
File:Façana del Palau del Marqués de Dosaigües.JPG|Portal of the [[Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas]], Valencia, Spain (1740–1744)
File:Versalles Fuente de Neptuno 02.JPG|Fountain of Neptune and Amphitrite [[Palace of Versailles]], by [[Lambert-Sigisbert Adam]] and [[Nicolas-Sebastien Adam]] (1740)
File:8002.Element Luft-2 Nymphen mit erlegtem Reiher(1739)-Lambert Sigisbert Adam-Sanssouci Steffen Heilfort.JPG|Fountain nymphs by Lambert-Sigisbert Adam at [[Sanssouci]] palace, Prussia (1740s)
File:Vierzehnheiligen Gnadenaltar P3RM0723-HDR.jpg|Mercy Altar depicting statues of the [[Fourteen Holy Helpers]] at [[Basilica of the Fourteen Holy Helpers]]
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The most elaborate examples of rococo sculpture were found in Spain, Austria and southern Germany, in the decoration of palaces and churches. The sculpture was closely integrated with the architecture; it was impossible to know where one stopped and the other began. In the [[Belvedere Palace]] in Vienna, (1721–1722), the vaulted ceiling of the Hall of the Atlantes is held up on the shoulders of muscular figures designed by [[Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt]]. The portal of the [[Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas]] in Valencia (1715–1776) was completely drenched in sculpture carved in marble, from designs by Hipolito Rovira Brocandel.{{sfn|Duby|Daval|2013|pp=782–783}}

The ''El Transparente'' altar, in the major chapel of [[Toledo Cathedral]] is a towering sculpture of [[polychrome]] marble and gilded stucco, combined with paintings, statues and symbols. It was made by [[Narciso Tomé]] (1721–1732), Its design allows light to pass through, and in changing light it seems to move.{{sfn|Duby|Daval|2013|pp=802–803}}