{"id":156,"date":"2019-11-18T00:54:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/?p=156"},"modified":"2019-11-18T00:54:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T00:54:25","slug":"jean-antoine-watteau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/2019\/11\/18\/jean-antoine-watteau\/","title":{"rendered":"Jean-Antoine Watteau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Neoclassicism, Romanticism, &amp; Rococo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watteau began training with Claude Gillot around 1704 and influenced his style greatly. They split ways four years later after Watteau surpassed him. Soon after, he joined one of the king&#8217;s painters: Claude Audran III. These connections were essential to his success as an artist. These years progressed him as a decorative artist but after leaving Audran&#8217;s studio, he abandoned the style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_1.jpg 170w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_1-128x300.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 170px) 100vw, 170px\" \/><figcaption>Le Faun and L&#8217;Enj\u00f4leur (1707-1708)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean-Antoine Watteau was a French painter in the Rococo period. He was born October 10, 1684 &#8211; Valenciennes, France and died July 18, 1721 &#8211; Nogent-sur-Marne, France though he didn&#8217;t begin painting till the turn of the century. This piece comprised of two panels was originally a commission of eight, and these panels are the only remaining pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158\" width=\"505\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_2.jpg 480w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_2-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><figcaption>The Scale of Love (1715-1718)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\" width=\"508\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_3.jpg 520w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_3-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><figcaption>Studies of a Woman Playing a Guitar, or Holding a Musical Score (c.1717)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Watteau was an exceptional draftsman and completed many more sketches than paintings; his friends claimed that he preferred it of the two. My appreciation for paintings can only go so far as my experience with the medium is lacking; although, I marvel at his sketches as they speak to me more than his painted work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_4.jpg 610w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_4-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><figcaption>The Pilgrimage to the Island of Cythera (1717)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_5.jpg 320w, https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/kelseavance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9755\/2019\/11\/watteau_jean_antoine_5-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Pierrot, formerly known as Gilles (1718-1719)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This piece stood out to me as the subject matter and composition are oddly presented. The Rococo style is often light and romantic where this piece contrasts that with a stale, rather sad expression that draws one in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neoclassicism, Romanticism, &amp; Rococo Watteau began training with Claude Gillot around 1704 and influenced his style greatly. They split ways four years later after Watteau surpassed him. Soon after, he joined one of the king&#8217;s painters: Claude Audran III. These connections were essential to his success as an artist. 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