Editing Rococo (section)

==Porcelain==
A new form of small-scale sculpture appeared, the [[porcelain]] figure, or small group of figures, initially replacing sugar sculptures on grand dining room tables, but soon popular for placing on mantelpieces and furniture. The number of European factories grew steadily through the century, and some made porcelain that the expanding middle classes could afford. The amount of colourful [[overglaze decoration]] used on them also increased. They were usually modelled by artists who had trained in sculpture. Common subjects included figures from the [[commedia dell'arte]], city street vendors, lovers and figures in fashionable clothes, and pairs of birds.

[[Johann Joachim Kändler]] was the most important modeller of [[Meissen porcelain]], the earliest European factory, which remained the most important until about 1760. The Swiss-born German sculptor [[Franz Anton Bustelli]] produced a wide variety of colourful figures for the [[Nymphenburg Porcelain Manufactory]] in Bavaria, which were sold throughout Europe. The French sculptor [[Étienne-Maurice Falconet]] (1716 – 1791) followed this example. While also making large-scale works, he became director of the [[Sevres Porcelain]] manufactory and produced small-scale works, usually about love and gaiety, for production in series.

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File:The Music Lesson MET DP-14272-001 (cropped).jpg|''The Music Lesson'', [[Chelsea porcelain]], Metropolitan Museum ({{circa|1765}})
File:Karlskirche October 2006 005.jpg|High altar of the [[Karlskirche]] in Vienna (1737)
File:Cup and Saucer LACMA 47.35.6a-b (1 of 3).jpg|Cup with saucer; {{circa|1753}}; soft-paste porcelain with glaze and enamel; [[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]
File:Mezzetin, Johann Joachim Kaendler, Meissen Porcelain Factory, c. 1739, hard-paste porcelain - Wadsworth Atheneum - Hartford, CT - DSC05311.jpg|[[Mezzetin]], by [[Johann Joachim Kaendler]], [[Meissen porcelain|Meissen]], {{circa|1739}}
File:Harlequin and Columbine MET DP169015 (cropped).jpg|''[[Harlequin]] and [[Columbina|Columbine]]'', [[Capodimonte porcelain]], {{circa|1745}}
File:Bustelli Liebesgruppe Der gestörte Schläfer BNM.jpg|''Pair of lovers'' group of [[Nymphenburg porcelain]], {{circa|1760}}, modelled by [[Franz Anton Bustelli]]
File:Bustelli Käsmann BNM.jpg|Figure of a cheese seller by [[Franz Anton Bustelli]], Nymphenburg porcelain (1755)
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