Carefree
The chief subject matter during the rococo period was angels. Rococo style is an exercise is excess. It is an explosion of ornament, so the angels depicted are cumulus, fleshy little cherubs with apple cheeks and plenty of baby fat.
Rococo artists' primary subjects are more on the depictions of scenes of love, nature, love, the behavior of a person, and youth
Chardin rejected the tendencies of artists associated with the Rococo movement.
Rococo
the rococo focus on superficial bueaty ,,,,,,APEX:
Artists such as Chardin would have rejected the entire Rococo period of painting. They would have felt like they were above the gaudy displays and the pompous attitude depicted in the art of the period.
Artists primarily painted brightly colored landscapes filled with happy subjects.
Nicolas Poussin (Apex)
Jan Knoef has written: 'Van romantiek tot realisme' -- subject(s): Art, Artists, Dutch, Dutch Artists 'Tusschen rococo en romantiek' -- subject(s): Dutch Painters, Painters, Dutch
Chardin rejected the tendencies of artists associated with the Rococo movement.
Rococo
the rococo focus on superficial bueaty ,,,,,,APEX:
they didn't like it; they thought it was too extravagant .
Artists such as Chardin would have rejected the entire Rococo period of painting. They would have felt like they were above the gaudy displays and the pompous attitude depicted in the art of the period.
This was typical of the French Rococo artists, as for instance, Watteau, Fragonard and others.
Nicolas Poussin
Helena Hayward has written: 'Thomas Johnson and English rococo' -- subject(s): Furniture, History, Rococo Decoration and ornament, Rococo Furniture 'World furniture; an illustrated history' -- subject(s): Furniture, History
apex----rococo movement just did it , got it right.
Arthur Grimwade has written: 'Rococo silver, 1727-1765' -- subject(s): Rococo Silverwork, Silverwork, Rococo 'Silver at Althorp' -- subject(s): Althorp (England), Art collections, Silverwork 'The Queen's silver' -- subject(s): Art objects, Plate, Private collections, Silverwork