After the Baroque style flourished in Europe in 17th century, there came the style of Rococo following the Baroque. That’s why Rococo is sometimes called as the Late Baroque. The main difference between both styles was that Baroque style still had some influence of religious subjects in it and was a grand depiction of scenes, whereas the rococo was the freedom from those rules. Rococo artists started to draw apart from the regular stuff which was drawn at the time. They started to draw themselves, the surroundings and the general life in more ornamental and stylized manner than the baroque’s somewhat stick-to-the-fact style. This freedom attracted many artists during the time and at the top of that list we consider François Boucher from France, who has […]