Jean-Antoine Watteau's 'Gersaints Scarch'

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The art I selected is that of Jean-Antoine Watteau's "Gersaints Shopsign". This piece of art was made during the Rococo age in 1721. Watteau was fascinated by the Rococo art periods design; curving lines, decorative, and had an enjoyable style. Watteau painted this when he was ill with TB and lived with Gersaint, owner/dealer of a French gallery. During this time period, trading of art was a common practice and Watteau was able to capture the visual of this activity in his last painting. In the corner of the painting there is a significant act being portrayed; a painting of Louis XIV; "Great Monarch" being placed in a box which may represent the changing of the times. Caplan sums Watteau's purpose; "By turning the portrait of the "Great

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