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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portraits of Marie Antoinette influencedBy Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo aesthetics
Louis Vigée movement Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Don Quixote series for the Gobelins Manufactory artMovement Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
Falconet movement Rococo
subject surface form: Étienne-Maurice Falconet
Mélancholie artMovement Rococo
L’Amour menaçant genre Rococo
Self-Portrait with a Portrait of Her Sister movement Rococo
this entity surface form: Venetian Rococo
Portrait of Gustavus Hamilton artisticStyle Rococo
this entity surface form: Venetian Rococo
Portrait of Louis XV as Dauphin artisticSchool Rococo
this entity surface form: Venetian Rococo
Child with Cage movement Rococo
Hogarth movement Rococo
subject surface form: William Hogarth
Doyen movement Rococo
subject surface form: Gabriel-François Doyen
Doyen artisticStyle Rococo
subject surface form: Gabriel-François Doyen
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim movement Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo literature
Étienne-Maurice movement Rococo
subject surface form: Étienne-Maurice Falconet
The Reading from Molière movement Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
The Reading from Molière hasArtisticStyle Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo style
The Garter movement Rococo
The Garter artHistoricalContext Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo
The Rake’s Progress by William Hogarth movement Rococo
subject surface form: The Rake’s Progress
A Rake’s Progress series movement Rococo
subject surface form: A Rake’s Progress
this entity surface form: British Rococo
The Night movement Rococo
Robert des Ruines movement Rococo
subject surface form: Hubert Robert
Portrait of a Gentleman artHistoricalContext Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo era
Waldsassen hasBuildingStyle Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo (in abbey library decoration)
Allegory of Prudence genre Rococo
this entity surface form: Rococo art
Allegory of Prudence artisticStyle Rococo
this entity surface form: French Rococo