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Rococo Genre and Neoclassical Painting Social Change and Artistic Style

...... Basically speaking, genre painting, as opposed to painting styles, may
include still life, landscapes, seascapes and portraits, but during the
Rococo period, genre painting came to be understood as "paintings which
illustrate common, everyday activities of common men and women and at times
royalty or the nobility" (Walker, 1994, p. 214). Some of these activities
include outdoor scenes of common workers or agricultural workers, scenes of
interior home life,


such as having supper or cooking, scenes of outdoor activities like sitting
in a park or strolling down city streets and avenues and mothers in their
kitchens feeding their children as the family dog watches intently or plays
with the children. One may also find paintings with scenes depicting
political life or perhaps stories from the Bible or even mythological tales
from the Greeks and Romans. In addition, some genre paintings of the Rococo
period contained hidden moral messages or symbols which often tempted the
viewer to try to unravel the message which in some instances revealed the
personal viewpoints of the artist as they relate to politics or the social
conditions of their respective nations ("Ancien Regime Rococo," 2008,
Internet)
Besides the courtly or aristocratic style of the Rococo