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Yes, well spotted and a good point. It's the museum's image, so that should be safe. But in any case these kind of blue and pink highlights are the Rococo style, copied by Mary
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manner was distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance and hedonism. His paintings were meant to evoke emotion and passion instead of the calm rationality that had been prized during the
Renaissance. He used more lighthearted, playful and witty themes but also tension, exuberance, and
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He painted these very quicklyâin an hour, according to friendsâusing bold, energetic strokes. ... Fragonard explored the point at which a simple trace of paint becomes a recognizable form, dissolving academic distinctions between a sketch and finished painting.
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was a great master of this. But it is not a general Rococo style, no, it is something that
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File:Peter Paul Rubens and workshop 001 colour version 01.jpg
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