2. Rococo Art
Name: LATE BAROQUE
Origin: Paris, France
Developed in: 18th century
Date: 1700-1750
Derived from: French word “ROCAILLE” meaning
STONE or RUBBLE.
3. Rococo is an artistic movement and style which has
affected many aspects of art:
Sculpture
Painting
Architecture
Interior
Furniture
Fashion
Ceramics
Jewellery
Literature
Music
Theater
4. Characteristics:
jocular, florid and graceful approach to Baroque
Vertical lines were avoided
Angles were softened
style was ornate, used light colors, asymmetrical
designs, curves and gold.
playful and witty themes.
produced flowing, giddy, visually spectacular carving
elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures,
ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing
architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings.
5. Features
Natural motifs
Elaborated carved forms
Asymmetry
S and c scrolls
Rocaille
Acanthus leaf
Cabochon
Scallop shell
Marquetry
6. Furniture
Lighthearted, visually and physically
Ornate, graceful
role in comfort and versatility
Idea has evolved to a symbol of status
Easily moved around
Matching back
Preferred choice due to its strength
11. Sculpture
Rococo was widely adapted
Expressed through delicate porcelain sculpture
Themes of love and gaiety
Elements of nature, curving lines and asymmetry.
13. Pair of lovers
Franz Anton
1760
Etienne Maurice Falconet
amour menaçant, louvre
1750
14. Painting
Decorative art style was clearly shown
Delicate colors and curving forms
Decorating canvas with cherubs and myths of love
Portraits were also popular
Some showed a sort of naughtiness or impurity in the
behavior of their subjects
Pastoral landscapes
17. Fashion
Men with high heels
Women with hair mounded on top
Curls and twirls with stings of pearl
Lightweight silk layered TAFETTA and SATIN
Light pastel colors
Large floral motifs
Stripes sprinkled with sprigs
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20. Jewellery
Flowers, foliage, ribbons, scrollwork, feathers
Engraved or embossed on metal.
Enamel was abandoned as a form of decorative
technique
Functional jewellery and chatelaines or snuff boxes
Chatelaines
22. Architecture
Lighter, more graceful
Elaborate version of baroque architecture
Asymmetry of forms
Richly decorated
Numerous curves and decorations
Pale color
Jocular and light hearted themes
25. Interior
Fully in control, sportive, fantastic
Sculptural forms expressed in abstract expressions
Flaming, leafy or shell like textures in asymmetrical
sweeps, flourishes and broken curves.
suppress architectonic divisions of architrave frieze
and cornice for picturesque.
Rococo palette softer and paler then those of baroque
pastel pink, lilac, blue and green
decorative elements were rocaille, S and C shaped
scrolls, acanthus leaves, birds and flower and chubby
babies.
26. MUSIC:
not as well-known as the earlier Baroque and later
Classical forms.
characterized as light, intimate music with extremely
elaborate and refined forms of ornamentation.