Rococo

ロココ / 1730s–1770s / Style / Historical Styles

Turned Baroque grandeur toward interior intimacy: shell-like curves, pale color and asymmetrical ornament composing a light-footed social space. One of the first styles in which decoration broke free of architecture to take the lead.

Rocaille shell curves / Pale pastels / Asymmetrical ornament / Mirrored white-and-gold rooms

Rococo — ヴィース教会の内部（CC BY-SA 3.0）Rococo — アマリエンブルクの鏡の間（CC BY 2.0）
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Comparing primary sources and canonical works · Extracting principles that transfer to other media
Type
Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
Composition
Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
Material
Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
Caution
Don't reduce it to surface signs. Verify the context of era, region, technology and makers.
Further study
Cuvilliés's Amalienburg / the Hôtel de Soubise / the 19th-century Rococo revival

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