Examine the works of Rococo artists such as Fragonard and Watteau. What features characterized their works? How did the tone and subject matter of their art compare with that of contemporary English artists such as Hogarth and Gainsborough? Art>Art History>Search Across Time>18th century http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/3/1/7.html
Explore the possibilities of different colors to express different tones. Then consider the colors used by Rococo painters such as Fragonard and Watteau in their works. What does their use of color add to the overall quality of their work? Art>Elements of Art>Color>Expressive Qualities>Warm/Cool
Simulated texture was an important element of eighteenth-century art. How do artists create the appearance of texture in a two-dimensional work? What sorts of textures were eighteenth-century artists especially fond of simulating? Art>Elements of Art>Texture>Visual Texture>Simulated http://www.mhhe.com/ArtStudio/1/3/2/2.html
