Rococo | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Rococo


00:01:00 1 Origin of the term
00:02:27 2 Characteristics
00:03:35 3 France
00:05:03 4 Italy
00:06:25 5 Southern Germany and Russia
00:10:32 6 Britain
00:12:58 7 Decline and end
00:15:09 8 Furniture and decoration
00:18:07 9 Painting
00:20:58 10 Sculpture and porcelain
00:23:37 11 Music
00:25:16 12 Fashion
00:28:50 13 Gallery
00:28:59 13.1 Architecture
00:29:07 13.2 Engravings
00:29:15 13.3 Painting
00:29:24 13.4 Rococo era painting
00:29:33 14 See also
00:30:06 15 Notes and citations
00:30:16 16 Bibliography
00:32:50 17 Further reading
00:33:50 18 External links



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SUMMARY
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Rococo ( or ), less commonly roccoco, or "Late Baroque", was a highly ornamental and theatrical style of decoration which combined asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colors, sculpted molding, and trompe l'oeil frescoes to create the illusions of surprise, motion and drama. It first appeared in France and Italy in the 1730s and spread to Central Europe in the 1750s and 1760s. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement.The Rococo style began in France in the first part of the 18th century in the reign of Louis XV  as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Style Louis XIV. It was known as the style rocaille, or rocaille style. It soon spread other parts of Europe, particularly northern Italy, Bavaria, Austria, other parts of Germany, and Russia. It also came to influence the other arts, particularly sculpture, furniture, silverware and glassware, painting,  music, and theatre.