Introduction

Jean-Honore Fragonard, created The Swing in 1767, an oil painting requested by a man in the supreme court. The Swing , is Fragonard's first piece that wasn't for a royal family and intended as a private piece to keep in a space called the cabinet. This painting was designed at the request of an aristocrat man who wished to have his mistress sitting on a swing, being pushed by a bishop that you can see in the background to the right. Fawning over the beloved woman, is the man in the bushes whom this piece was intended for, his facial expressions full of desire and love struck. The mistress, the married man, and the bishop all go against societal norms and promote the pleasure and moral defiance that was taken into consideration in Rococo Art. Furthermore, we can see through the pastel pink, lushes garden, and the porcelain like faces that this a Rococo art piece. The marble statue to the left is also a reference to Greek and Roman mythology that was commonly seen in Rococo ar