num_pages: 191
description: Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement (in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens), and revitalized the waning Baroque idiom, which eventually became known as Rococo. He is credited with inventing the genre of fêtes galantes: scenes of bucolic and idyllic charm, suffused with an air of theatricality. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of Italian comedy and ballet.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_...
language: English
title: The World of Watteau: 1684-1721
titlecomplete: The World of Watteau: 1684-1721 (Time-Life Library of Art)
genres: Art History, Biography, Nonfiction, Art
ratings_count: 24
series: Time-Life Library of Art
publisher: Time Incorporated, New York