Rococo

//Rococo://
a style of architecture and decoration, originating in France about 1720, evolved from Baroque types and distinguished by its elegant refinement in using different materials for a delicate overall effect and by its ornament of shellwork, foliage, etc.

1.Rocco's themes were nature, carefree artitocrafic life and lighthearted romance.

2.The historical events influenced in Rococo movement. When the countries were not in war, their art pieces were about good feelings. They were lighter and peaceful. They showed nature.

3.Rococo focused on the carefree aristocratic life and on lighthearted romance rather than heroic battles or religious figures; they also revolve heavily around nature and exterior settings. In the mid-late 18th century, rococo was largely supplanted by the Neoclassic style.

4. Some thing new in Rococo was that by 1780, Rococo had passed out of fashion in France, replaced by the order and seriousness of Neoclassical artists like Jacques Louis David.

Neoclassicism Romantism Classical period

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