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noun - fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
adj - having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation
A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 18th century and is marked by elaborate ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms.
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| Jul 13 1997 New York Times |
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| Louis XIV's style is Baroque; Louis XV's style, seen here, is this style that followed Baroque |
| Initially a perjorative term, this 18th century art period name comes from the French rocaille, "rock-work" |
| This term can refer to a style of art or design or to a highly ornamental style of music of the late 18th century |
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| Rococo ( or ), less commonly roccoco, or "Late Baroque", was an exuberantly decorative 18th-century European style which was the final expression of the baroque movement. It pushed to the extreme the principles of illusion and theatricality, an effect achieved by dense ornament, asymmetry, fluid curves, and the use of white and pastel colors combined with gilding, drawing the eye in all directions. The ornament dominated the architectural space.The Rococo style of architecture and decoration began in France in the first part of the 18th century in the reign of Louis XV as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Style Louis XIV. It was known as the style rocaille, or rocaille style. It quickly spread to other parts of Europe, particularly Bavaria, Austria, Germany and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly painting, sculpture, literature, music, and theatre. Rococo artists and architects used a more jocular, florid, and graceful approach to the Baroqu |