Mauvais goût ou goût moderne? Controverses autour du rococo

• Authors: Bartha-Kovács Katalin

Title variants

EN

BAD TASTE OR MODERN TASTE? CONTROVERSIES AROUND THE ROCOCO

• Languages of publication: FR

Abstracts

EN

The aim of this study is to examine the controversies surrounding the artistic movement known a posteriori as rococo. Firstly, the debates about the term “rococo” as a category of style will be presented. Using the example of contemporary judgements on the art of Jean-Antoine Watteau (1684–1721), we will then show how the amateurs and critics of his time perceived the painter’s work. Called the “modern style” or the “picturesque genre”, later qualified as “bad taste”, this eminently decorative trend, the rococo, provoked very different reactions in the 18th century, oscillating between appreciation and condemnation.

Keywords

FR

Rococo; Watteau; « mauvais goût »; « style moderne »

EN

Rococo; Watteau; “Bad Taste”; “Modern Style”

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2022
• Volume: 32
• Issue: Special Issue
• Pages: 90-101

Contributors

author

Bartha-Kovács Katalin

• Université de Szeged