French Rococo Era Painter, 1684-1721
He is best known for his invention of a new genre, the f?te galante, a small easel painting in which elegant people are depicted in conversation or music-making in a secluded parkland setting (see under F?TE CHAMP?TRE). His particular originality lies in the generally restrained nature of the amorous exchanges of his characters, which are conveyed as much by glance as by gesture, and in his mingling of figures in contemporary dress with others in theatrical costume
Gersaint s Shop Sign
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1720-1
Oil on canvas
166x306cm
Berlin,Schloss Charlottenburg
avfarden till kythera
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mk248 kytbera ar i grekisk myt den karlekens o dar afrodite foddes, ocb dit pilgrimer beger sig ocb aldrig aterses, den pastorala miljon antyder orealistiska drommar om att undfly formalismens tvangstroja till forman for spontanitet. spanningen mrllan bikdens alskande ar subtil daras kroppskontakt framstar som flyktig men drakternas siden ocb sammet ar f orforiskt taktilt atergivna.
gilles
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mk248 det ar mojligt att eatteau malade dan bat duken som reklamskylt till det cafe som agdes av belloni. en skdespelare som spelade den melankoliske commedia dell arte gestalten pierrot. genom att stalla den allvarsamme gilles i kontrast med bakgrundens uppsluppna gestalter placerar watteau bonom i en egen, isolerad ocb farflos varld. vid det bar verkets tillkomst var eatteau svart sjuk i tuberkulos ocb sannolikt mycket medveten om det faktum attalla varldens gladjeamnen ar snabbt overgaen de.
