rococo style
51rococo — [19] Old French roque was the source of English rock ‘stone’. From its modern French descendant roc was derived rocaille ‘decoration in the form of pebbles, shells, etc’, which was altered to rococo as a term for a style characterized by… …
52rococo — [19] Old French roque was the source of English rock ‘stone’. From its modern French descendant roc was derived rocaille ‘decoration in the form of pebbles, shells, etc’, which was altered to rococo as a term for a style characterized by… …
53Style pompier — Peinture académique Présentation générale Histoire de la peinture Mouvements picturaux …
54rococo — (roh KOH koh, roh koh KOH) [French] A style of decoration and architecture developed in France in the 1700s, soon adopted by other European countries, characterized by tall and slender proportions, delicate curvilinear designs, elegant and… …
55ROCOCO — name given to a debased style of architecture, overlaid with a tasteless, senseless profusion of fantastic ornamentation, without unity of design or purpose, which prevailed in France and elsewhere in the 18th century …
56rococo — ro|co|co [ rə koukou, ,roukə kou ] adjective built or designed in a style with a lot of delicate decoration that was fashionable in Europe in the 18th century …
57rococo — ro·co·co || rəʊ kəʊkəʊ n. 18th century style of art and architecture characterized by the use of elaborate ornamentation …
58rococo — adj 1. ornate, baroque, convoluted, curli cued, intricate, involved; flamboyant, showy, ostentatious, gaudy, florid; sumptuous, elegant, gorgeous; extravagant, over decorated, excessive, Fr. outre, Sl. too much; flowery, overblown, pretentious,… …
59rococo — UK [rəˈkəʊkəʊ] / US [rəˈkoʊkoʊ, ˌroʊkəˈkoʊ] adjective built or designed in a style with a lot of delicate decoration that was fashionable in Europe in the 18th century …
60rococo — a.,n. (pertaining to or like) 18th cent. style of ornamentation with florid, unsymmetrical curves and shell work; showy; fantastic …
