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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Predicate Object
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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Dragon House hasArtisticStyle Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo chinoiserie
Jean-Honoré movement Rococo
subject surface form: Jean-Honoré Fragonard
Jean-Honoré partOf Rococo
subject surface form: Jean-Honoré Fragonard
this entity surface form: French Rococo
The Swing movement Rococo
The Stolen Kiss movement Rococo
The Bolt movement Rococo
The See-Saw movement Rococo
Blind Man’s Bluff relatedMovement Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
François Lemoyne movement Rococo
François Lemoyne movement Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Louis Tocqué movement Rococo
The Ray movement Rococo
Still Life with a White Mug movement Rococo
subject surface form: Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
Soap Bubbles movement Rococo
The Breakfast movement Rococo
The Breakfast artStyle Rococo
The Rising of the Sun artisticMovement Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Greuze movement Rococo
subject surface form: Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Oudry movement Rococo
subject surface form: Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Francis Wheatley movement Rococo
The Governess movement Rococo
The Village Bride movement Rococo
The Broken Jug movement Rococo
The Spoiled Child movement Rococo