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13:50 5th Oct 2011

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Reblogged from rickoniscoming

Tags: rococo!fun facts yo fragonard art [2]

Movie!Trivia from the film Tangled (2010): According to Glen Keane, the movie’s visual style (a three-dimensional painting) was greatly inspired by the Romantic painting “The Swing”, by the French rococo artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard: “A fairy tale world has to feel romantic and lush, very painterly.” For a clear idea of what was intended, the animators duplicated the picture in 3D to achieve a shot containing depth and dimensions.
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