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The Rococo style began in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Louis XIV style. It was known as the "style Rocaille", or "Rocaille style". [2] It soon spread to other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Austria, southern Germany, Central Europe and Russia. [3]
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.
Often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement, it was exceptionally ornamental and theatrical – a style without rules. Compared to the order, refinement and seriousness of the Classical style, Rococo was seen as superficial, degenerate and illogical.
20 Φεβ 2024 · Whether seen as a variation of Baroque or an autonomous style, Rococo yields to the Neoclassical ideals of classical harmony, symmetry, and solemnity in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Around 1740 the Rococo style began to be employed in British furniture, most notably in the designs of Thomas Chippendale. His catalogue Gentleman's and Cabinet-makers' directory (1754), illustrating Rococo designs, became a popular industry standard.
9 Ιαν 2019 · Although Rococo was largely confined to interior decor and decorative arts in Western Europe, Eastern Europe was infatuated by Rococo stylings both inside and outside. Compared with the Baroque, Rococo architecture tends to be softer and more graceful. Colors are pale and curving shapes dominate.
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.
