Welcome to Ad Hoc, our newest feature on the art of advertising. We are proud to welcome Dr. Richard Zakia as the author of this page each month. Richard D. Zakia is Professor Emeritus, Rochester Institute of Technology and author/coauthor of several books on photography, perception, semiotics and advertising. (Photo by Vicki H. Wilson).
This Kodak ad of a boy dressed in a blue baseball outfit with a ball and bat in hand is a reflection of a famous painting by what artist?
A) Fragonard
B) Watteau
C) Gainsborough
Gainsborough, Fragonard and Watteau were part of the Rococo Style that dominated European art for
most of the 18th Century.
c. Corinne Whitaker 2010
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