What is Antoine Watteau?
[[Image:Rosalba Carriera Portrait Antoine Watteau.jpg|thumb|Watteau in the last year of his life, by [[Rosalba Carriera]], 1721]] '''Jean-Antoine Watteau''' (10 October 1684 – 18 July 1721) was a [[France|French]] [[Painting|painter]]. His brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement in the tradition of [[Correggio]] and [[Peter Paul Rubens|Rubens]]. It brought back the almost forgotten [[Baroque]] idiom, which, in time became known as [[Rococo]]. He invented the genre of ''[[fête galante|fêtes galantes]]'': scenes of bucolic and [[idyllic]] charm, with an air of [[theatrical]]ity. Some of his best known subjects were drawn from the world of [[Italy|Italian]] [[comedy]] and [[ballet]]. == Gallery == <gallery> File:Jean-Antoine Watteau - Pierrot, dit autrefois Gilles.jpg|Gilles File:Antoine Watteau 063.jpg|Mezzetin File:Antoine Watteau 068.jpg|Fetes venetiennes File:L'Embarquement pour Cythère, by Antoine Watteau, from C2RMF retouched.jpg|''Pilgrimage on the Isle of Cythera'', 1717, [[Louvre]]. It shows a departure from the island of [[Cythera]], the birthplace of [[Venus (mythology)|Venus]], thus symbolizing the brevity of love File:Antoine Watteau 060.jpg|The Charms of Life File:Antoine Watteau 047.jpg|Geraint's Shop File:Antoine Watteau 001.jpg|The Ball </gallery> == Other websites == {{commonscat|Antoine Watteau}} *[http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/w/watteau/antoine/1/index.html Watteau paintings at the Web Gallery of Art] {{DEFAULTSORT:Watteau, Antoine}} [[Category:1684 births]] [[Category:1721 deaths]] [[Category:French painters]] {{bio-stub}}