Rococo
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Rococo, also referred to as Late Baroque, is an 18th-century artistic movement and style, which affected several aspects of the arts,, including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, decoration, literature, music, and theater.
(noun)
A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation.
(noun)
An 18th-century artistic movement and style which affected several aspects of the arts, including painting, sculpture, architecture, interior design, decoration, literature, music, and theater; also referred to as Late Baroque.
Examples of Rococo in the following topics:
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- In French, the word ‘salon' simply means ‘living room' or ‘parlor', and Rococo salons refer to central rooms that are designed in the Rococo style.
- The Rococo interior reached its height in the ‘total art work' of the salon.
- Rococo salons often employed the use of asymmetry in design, which was termed ‘contraste.'
- This example of a Rococo salon exemplifies the serpentine design work and heavy use of gold that were both typical of the Rococo style.
- Discuss the importance of the Rococo salon in France and its typical design
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- 18th century Rococo architecture was a lighter, more graceful, yet also more elaborate version of Baroque architecture.
- Rococo architecture, as mentioned above, was a lighter, more graceful, yet also more elaborate version of Baroque architecture, which was ornate and austere.
- Whilst the styles were similar, there are some notable differences between both Rococo and Baroque architecture, one of them being symmetry, since Rococo emphasized the asymmetry of forms, whilst Baroque was the opposite.
- Other elements belonging to the architectural style of Rococo include numerous curves and decorations, as well as the usage of pale colors.
- There are numerous examples of Rococo buildings as well as architects.
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- Eighteenth-century French painting and sculpture was dominated by the Rococo and Neoclassical styles of art.
- Eighteenth-century French art was dominated by the Rococo and Neoclassical art.
- Though Rococo originated in the decorative arts, the style showed clearly in painting.
- Portraiture was also popular among Rococo painters.
- Sculpture was another area where the Rococo was widely adopted.
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- Painting during the Rococo period has many of the same qualities as other Rococo art forms such as heavy use of ornament, curved lines and the use of a gold and pastel-based palette.
- Themes relating to myths of love as well as portraits and idyllic landscapes typify Rococo Painting.
- Antoine Watteau is considered to be the first great Rococo painter.
- His influence is visible in the work of later Rococo painters such as Francois Boucher and Honore Fragonard.
- Francois Boucher became a master of Rococo painting somewhat later than Watteau.
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- Revolutionary French art was dominated by neoclassicism, as opposed to Rococo influences.
- Revolutionary French art was dominated by neoclassicism, as opposed to Rococo influences.
- In the 1780s, his cerebral brand of history painting marked a change in taste away from Rococo frivolity toward a classical austerity and severity, which matched the republican moral climate of the radical phase of the French Revolution.
- David's paintings are representative not only of the break between Rococo and Neoclassicalism, but also the glorification of republican virtues and revolutionary figures throughout the course of the French Revolution.
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- A reaction against the "frivolity" of the Rococo, Neoclassical sculpture depicts serious subjects influenced by the ancient Greek and Roman past.
- Whereas Rococo sculpture consisted of small-scale asymmetrical objects focusing on themes of love and gaiety, neoclassical sculpture assumed life-size to monumental scale and focused on themes of heroism, patriotism, and virtue.
- His style became more classical as his long career continued, and represents a rather smooth progression from Rococo charm to classical dignity.
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- The dominant styles during the 18th century were Baroque and Rococo.
- Neoclassical architecture was modelled after the classical style and, as with other art forms, was in many ways a reaction against the exuberant Rococo style.
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- Previous to the Enlightenment, the dominant artistic style was Rococo.
- When the Enlightenment and its new ideals took hold, Rococo was condemned for being immoral, indecent and indulgent, and a new kind of instructive art was called for, which became known as Neoclassicism.
- In opposition to the frivolous sensuality of Rococo painters like Jean-Honoré Fragonard and François Boucher, the Neoclassicists looked to the artist Nicolas Poussin for their inspiration.
- Rococo architecture emphasizes grace, ornamentation, and asymmetry; Neoclassical architecture is based on the principles of simplicity and symmetry, which were seen as virtues in the arts of Rome and Ancient Greece, and were more immediately drawn from 16th century Renaissance Classicism.
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- This movement manifested in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing features of Late Baroque.
- There is an anti-Rococo strain that can be detected in some European architecture of the earlier eighteenth century.
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- The Turks of the Ottoman Empire adopted versions of Rococo which had a lasting effect on sculpture and architecture, and the Qajars, a Turkmen tribe established after the fall of the Iranian Safavids, displayed art with an increasing European influence, as seen in their steelwork and in the large oil paintings portraying the Qajar shahs.