Rococo

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Rococo is an 18th-century artistic style characterized by ornate decoration, light colors, playful themes, and elegant, often intimate scenes in painting, architecture, and the decorative arts.

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instanceOf architectural style
art movement
decorative arts style
painting style
associatedWith aristocratic culture
court life
fêtes galantes
gallant scenes
mythological scenes
pastoral scenes
salon culture
characteristic asymmetry
curving forms
decorative excess
delicate brushwork
elegant scenes
erotic undertones
floral ornament
graceful movement
intimate scenes
light colors
light-hearted subject matter
ornate decoration
pastel colors
playful themes
scrollwork
shell motifs
declinedAround late 18th century
emergedAround circa 1700
emphasis decoration over structure
intimacy over monumentality
pleasure and leisure themes
etymology derived from French word "rocaille"
flourishedIn Austria
Central Europe
France
Germany
Italy
followedBy Neoclassicism
notableArchitect Balthasar Neumann
Juste-Aurèle Meissonnier
notableArtist François Boucher
Antoine Watteau
surface form: Jean-Antoine Watteau

Jean-Honoré Fragonard
originatedIn France
peakPeriod first half of the 18th century
precededBy Baroque
reactionTo formal grandeur of High Baroque
timePeriod 18th century
usedIn church architecture
furniture design
interior design
metalwork
palace architecture
porcelain design
tapestry design
theatrical design

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Empfindsamkeit relatedTo Rococo
The Suburbs notableTrack Rococo
Canaletto Room hasArtMovement Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo period
Lolita fashion influencedBy Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo fashion
French classicism followedBy Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Nicolaus Pacassi movement Rococo
Italian Baroque followedBy Rococo
Joseph Effner style Rococo
Gainsborough movement Rococo
Bayeu family artisticStyle Rococo
Mezzetin movement Rococo
Mezzetin hasArtisticSchool Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Mezzetin hasStyle Rococo
The Italian Comedians artHistoricalContext Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
The Indifferent movement Rococo
The Love Song artisticMovement Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
The Love Song artPeriod Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo era
The Scale of Love movement Rococo
The Scale of Love artisticSchool Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
The Dance hasArtisticSchool Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Carle movement Rococo
subject surface form: Carle Van Loo
The Triumph of Galatea hasArtisticSchool Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Portrait of the Prince of Wales (future George II) artStyle Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Nicolas Lancret movement Rococo
Balthasar Neumann movement Rococo
Balthasar Neumann style Rococo
this entity surface form: German Rococo
Jean-Marc Nattier movement Rococo
Directoire style follows Rococo
Frederiksstaden district architecturalStyle Rococo
subject surface form: Frederiksstaden
Nattier movement Rococo
subject surface form: Jean-Marc Nattier