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The Rococo crossed the Atlantic via three principal means: engraved designs in print series and books, imported objects, and immigrant artisans. The influence of prints and books was limited, that of imported objects is hard to document.
29 Μαΐ 2018 · Characterized by elegance, levity, floral motifs, muted colors, and curving, asymmetrical lines, Rococo soon extended to painting, where its aesthetics combined with themes of sensual love and nature.
Rococo painting represents the expression in painting of an aesthetic movement that flourished in Europe between the early and late 18th century, migrating to America and surviving in some regions until the mid-19th century. The painting of this movement is divided into two sharply differentiated camps.
Although some of the big names from the era are not as noteworthy as the masterful painters from other periods, some of the most well-known paintings from the Rococo movement are also among the most famous works to have come out of Europe since the Renaissance. Rococo Paintings 1. The Embarkation for Cythera – Jean-Antoine Watteau
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Rococo Decorative Arts of the Mid-1700s. Overview. Reacting against the rigid court etiquette under the seventeenth century's “Sun King,” Louis XIV, eighteenth-century French art patrons sought greater informality. A new, more intimate style emerged under Louis XV, great-grandson of the old king.
1 Οκτ 2024 · Rococo, style in interior design, the decorative arts, painting, architecture, and sculpture that originated in Paris in the early 18th century. It is characterized by lightness, elegance, and an exuberant use of curving natural forms in ornamentation.
