The French king, Louis XIV, also known as the Sun King lived the palace Versailles, where he lived an elegant life. He continuously made improvments to his house, adding decorations, and guilding roofs fences and balconies to reflect the sun's rays. Unfortunately, he was wasting so much money, the rest of France began protesting, more and more, until Louis XIV was ordered to be killed.(i think) Many Rococo art painters used light pastel colours and had many aristocrats going on picnics, walks and having fun. This contrasts to the Baroque style because Baroque artists such as Rembrant, used mainly dark colours, and the subjects of their work are mostly biblical stories. (ex. The Blinding of Sampson). Rococo art also contrasted with the Baroque in that Rococo art seemed to have more natural light, while Baroque paintings had strong contrast of dark and light, and the light source seem to come from only one side. During the Rococo period, both women's and men's hairdos grew taller and taller, and this affected the interior design of the houses by aquiring the arcitechs to raise the doors higher so that they can go through. Francisco Goya, a popular Rococo artist painted royal aristocrats during the early stages of his career. Later, he painted many violent paintings, which included "The Third of May", an event that took place in the late 1800's when the Spanish people were under attack by the French. Goya witnessed a "killing" of the Spanish people, and in his work "The Third of May", a line of French soldiers are pointing guns at a group of Spanish. You can see that one man is already dead, and the rest are showing different reactions, from frightened, to begging, to hiding.

there's so much more i wanna write, but i know i'm boring y'all to death, so...i'll post more later, and it won't be about the Rococo period, although, i DO like it a lot. it's fun!