rococo style
1Rococo Style — • A discussion of this whimsical style, its origins and uses Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Rococo Style Rococo Style † …
2Rococo style — or Late Baroque Style in interior design, the decorative arts, painting, architecture, and sculpture that originated in Paris in the early 18th century. The word Rococo is derived from French rocaille, denoting the shell covered rockwork used to… …
3Style rocaille — Rococo Basilique rococo à Wies (Bavière) …
4rococo — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to an elaborately ornate late baroque style of European furniture or architecture of the 18th century, characterized by asymmetrical curves, scrollwork, and decorative motifs. 2) (of music or literature) highly ornamented… …
5Rococo — For other uses, see Rococo (disambiguation). Rocaille redirects here. It is not to be confused with Rocailles. Pair of lovers group of Nymphenburg porcelain, c. 1760, modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli …
6Rococo — Basilique rococo à Wies (Bavière) …
7ROCOCO ARCHITECTURE — The Rococo style of architecture first appeared in the French court in the early years of the 18th century and can be seen in some ways as an outgrowth of the late 17th century Baroque age. But while Baroque architecture was monumental and… …
8rococo — (ro ko ko) adj. invar. Le genre rococo, ou, substantivement, le rococo, style d architecture, d ornementation, d ameublement, qui régna en France dans le XVIIIe siècle, caractérisé par les façades hérissées, courbes, et frontons recourbés et… …
9style — styleless, adj. stylelessness, n. stylelike, adj. /stuyl/, n., v. styled, styling. n. 1. a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their… …
10rococo — 1. noun A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th century France, having elaborate ornamentation. 2. adject …