The Swing is a painting by the french artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) that was made in 1767. It is one of the masterpieces of the rococo genre.
The artwork takes us back to the simpler days of the french aristocracy before the revolution where noble lords and ladies spent their days in idle pleasure. The whole scene looks like something out of a fairy tale. A garden in some perfect nowhere, people dressed in soft lace and silk. A life lived without the usual cares of one's everyday existence, just comfort and luxury where life is an endless summer where you frolic through the garden.
Look at the woman in the center of the piece. Would you not want to be her? To sit there in your pretty pink dress, going up and down the swing in the most sublime of gardens. The scent of sweet flowers about you, the sound of birds chirping around you. And down there below is a man - your lover, your admirer who desires you above all else in this world.
Love is all about in this painting. Two statues of cupids stand in the background looking at our two main characters. The hand of the the lover is reaching towards that untouchable place. This artwork is a mix of both innocence and sensual knowledge.
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