Compare and contrast the rococo and neoclassical styles in eighteenth-century art. Include political associations and famous artists that emerged from both methods.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Rococo as a vibrant style perceived as a lavish
2. Neoclassical as a powerful style associated with greater simplicity and idealized visions of antiquity
3. The association of rococo with the Old Regime and neoclassicism with newer republican ideals
4. Jean-Antoine Watteau and Jacques-Louis David, respectively, as examples of the two styles
5. The embrace of neoclassicism by the French revolutionaries and Napoleon
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