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 ⓘ
Jean-Antoine Watteau ⓘ
linked to: 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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François Boucher → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Charles Coypel → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Rosalba Carriera → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Jean Raoux → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Hubert Robert → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Joseph Vernet → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau → movement → French Rococo ⓘ
linked to: Rococo
Jean-Baptiste Pater → artisticSchool → French Rococo ⓘ
linked to: Rococo
Claude Gillot → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Louis Lagrenée → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Filippo Juvarra → movement → Rococo ⓘ
Amalienburg, Munich → architecturalStyle → Bavarian Rococo ⓘ
linked to: Rococo
Thomas Gainsborough → movement → British Rococo ⓘ
linked to: Rococo
Germain Boffrand → movement → Rococo ⓘ
French Baroque art → influenced → French Rococo ⓘ
linked to: Rococo
François de Cuvilliés the Elder → influencedBy → French Rococo ⓘ
linked to: Rococo
Francesco Guardi → movement → Rococo ⓘ