Study guide

Neoclassicism and Rococo

An artwork-by-artwork guide to Rococo and Neoclassical art, 1700s–1800s, compiled from museum collection records.

From Watteau's fêtes galantes to David's Revolution, the eighteenth century swung from pleasure to virtue. This section follows that swing through sixty-seven works, with the facts of each object drawn from museum collection records.

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