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  2. Rococo - Wikipedia

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    Rococo, less commonly Roccoco (/ r ə ˈ k oʊ k oʊ / rə-KOH-koh, US also / ˌ r oʊ k ə ˈ k oʊ / ROH-kə-KOH; French: or ⓘ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and trompe-l'œil frescoes to create surprise and ...

  3. Rococo painting - Wikipedia

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    Rococo painting represents the expression in painting of an aesthetic movement that flourished in Europe between the early and late 18th century, migrating to America and surviving in some regions until the mid-19th century. The painting of this movement is divided into two sharply differentiated camps.

  4. Jean-Honoré Fragonard - Wikipedia

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    References within art and literature [ edit ] Fragonard's art finds itself embedded within writer's stories, as within the text The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald there is a portion in the story in which Peter L. Hays in the article "Fitzgerald and Fragonard" [ 17 ] states that Fitzgerald alludes to Fragonard's paintings both implied and ...

  5. François Boucher - Wikipedia

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    Marquise de Pompadour (mistress of King Louis XV), whose name became synonymous with Rococo art, was a great admirer of his work. [10] Marquise de Pompadour is often referred to as the "godmother of Rococo" [ 10 ] and Boucher's portraits were central to her self-presentation and cultivation of her image.

  6. Symbolist painting - Wikipedia

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    A literary antecedent of this movement was the book Against the Grain (À rebours) by Joris-Karl Huysmans (1884), a hymn to aestheticism and eccentricity as a vital attitude, in which he relates the work of certain artists such as Gustave Moreau, Rodolphe Bresdin and Odilon Redon to decadentism. [2]

  7. Periods in Western art history - Wikipedia

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    An art period is a phase in the development of the work of an artist, groups of artists or art movement. Ancient Classical art ... Rococo – 1720 – 1780, began in ...

  8. Italian Rococo art - Wikipedia

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    Italian Rococo was mainly inspired by the rocaille or French Rococo, since France was the founding nation of that particular style. The styles of the Italian Rococo were very similar to those of France. The style in Italy was usually lighter and more feminine than Italian Baroque art, and became the more popular art form of the settecento.

  9. Salon (gathering) - Wikipedia

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    The salon allowed Jewish women to establish a venue in their homes in which Jews and non-Jews could meet in relative equality. Like-minded people could study art, literature, philosophy or music together. This handful of educated, acculturated Jewish women could escape the restrictions of their social ghetto.