Jean-Antoine Watteau ( October 10 , 1684 â `` July 18 , 1721 ) was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in color and movement ( in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens ) , and brought back the almost forgotten Baroque idiom , which , in time became known as Rococo . Jean-Antoine Watteau ( ; October 10 , 1684 â `` July 18 , 1721 ) was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in color and movement ( in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens ) , and revitalized the waning Baroque idiom , which eventually became known as Rococo .