Rococo developed in France in the early eighteenth century as court taste moved from the grandeur of Versailles to the smaller, more private interiors of Paris. It kept Baroque movement but lightened everything: pastel colour, asymmetric shell and scroll ornament, and subjects of courtship, music, gardens and play. Antoine Watteau's fete galante paintings set the tone, and Francois Boucher and Jean-Honore Fragonard carried it to the eve of the Revolution, after which it was rejected as decadent. Much of what survives in print form is decorative ornament and book illustration.
Rococo Wall Art spans 237 public-domain artworks in the Archive Lane archive.
Rococo developed in France in the early eighteenth century as court taste moved from the grandeur of Versailles to the smaller, more private interiors of Paris. It kept Baroque movement but lightened everything: pastel colour, asymmetric shell and scroll ornament, and subjects of courtship, music, gardens and play. Antoine Watteau's fete galante paintings set the tone, and Francois Boucher and Jean-Honore Fragonard carried it to the eve of the Revolution, after which it was rejected as decadent. Much of what survives in print form is decorative ornament and book illustration.
The most represented artists here are Giovanni Battista Piranesi (950), William Hogarth (740), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (641).
By orientation: 7,008 landscape, 8,070 portrait, 342 square.
The largest subject groups within Rococo:
The largest culture groups within Rococo:
The largest museum groups within Rococo:
As well as a free preview and digital download, each of these 237 artworks can be ordered printed, rolled or framed, made to order and shipped locally from $21.99.
Sizes are listed in inches and centimetres, with up to 26 sizes available depending on the print type, from small desk pieces up to large statement pieces. A size that doesn't match this artwork's own proportions is centred and trimmed to fit, and each print type's page states exactly how much of the image that removes.
Framed Canvas and Framed Print orders are available in 8 frame colours (Black, White, Natural, Gold, Walnut, Silver, Dark Grey, Light Grey); Canvas and Rolled Canvas have no frame and no glass.