{The Baroque Period [continued (20)] (Late Baroque and Rococo [continued (3)]}[7th May 1991]

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‘Even more Baroque are formal portraits by Hyacinthe Rigaud and Nicolas de Largillière, in which the strong contraposto (twisting of the figure so that one half is in opposition to the other), rich settings, & floating masses of drapery reflect the pomp & swagger of the grande époque (era of Louis XIV).

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* – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 25:] 356

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