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1. rococo
   [adj] - having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation 2. [n] - fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
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2. rococo
   Movement in the arts and architecture in 18th-century Europe, particularly in France, that tended towards lightness, elegance, delicacy, and decorative charm. The term `rococo` is derived from...
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3. Rococo
   Light, sensuous, intensely decorative French style developed early eighteenth century following death of Louis XIV and in reaction to the Baroque grandeur of Versailles. Name comes from French rocaille, rock-work, based on forms of sea shells and corals. In practice style of short curves, scrolls an...
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4. Rococo
   a decorative style of art and architecture often characterised by 'shell-shapes', became the final, and most flamboyant, phase of the baroque.
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5. Rococo
   An artistic and architectural style typified by light and highly elaborate detail; a light, frothy flourish towards the end of the Baroque period.
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6. Rococo
   European decorative style, a development of baroque, in the 1730s. Rococo is characterised by curving, asymmetrical motifs based on rock, shell, floral, leaf and other natural shapes. Chinese and Indian motifs are also common. Delicate carving emphasises the curving lines of furniture, and frames are swirling and elegant. The name 'Rococo' is deriv …
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7. Rococo
   Ro·co'co noun [ F.; of uncertain etymology.] A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.
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8. Rococo
   Ro·co'co adjective Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.
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9. rococo
   A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century. ... Origin: F.; of uncertain etymology. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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10. rococo
    adjective having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; `an exquisite gilded rococo mirror`
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11. rococo
    noun fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
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12. Rococo
    • (n.) A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century. • (a.) Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.
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13. rococo
    (jargon, abuse) Baroque in the extreme. Used to imply that a program has become so encrusted with the software equivalent of gold leaf and curlicues that they have completely swamped the underlying design. Called after the later and more extreme forms of Baroque architecture and decoration prevale...
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14. Rococo
    Rococo is a style of decoration which originated in France and Italy in the 17th century. It is a debased variety of the Louis-Quatorze style of ornament, preceding from it through the degeneracy of the Louis-Quinze. Rococo is generally a meaningless assemblage of scrolls and crimped conventional sh...
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15. Rococo
    A style originating in France, but utilized primarily in English and Italian cathedrals of the early 1700s, as well as in renovations of the period. Distinctively lighter in expression with an emphasis on smaller, more graceful motifs.
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16. Rococo
    Probably derived from the French 'rocaille' (pebble work) and certainly French in inspiration, probably due to the influence of Huguenot craftsmen. The rococo style consisted of motifs of shells, seaweed, corals, mermaids, shellfish and other marine themes in asymmetrical display combined with scrol...
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17. rococo
    rococo (rukō'kō, rō–) , style in architecture, especially in interiors and the decorative arts, which originated in France and was widely used in Europe in the 18th cent. The term may be derived from the French words rocaille and coquille (rock and shell), natural forms p...
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18. rococo
    rococo, in music, 18th-century reaction against the baroque style. Less formal and grandiose in structure, it was a graceful rather than a profound style, more hedonistic than venturesome. Extreme manifestations were in French keyboard music, the finest composer in the style being François Coup...
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19. rococo
    (art) Movement in the arts and architecture in 18th-century Europe, particularly in France, that tended towards lightness, elegance, delicacy, and decorative charm. The term `rococo` is derived from the French rocaille (rock- or shell-work), a soft styl...
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20. Rococo
    Chinese and Indian motifs are also common. Delicate carving emphasises the curving lines of furniture, and frames are swirling and elegant. The name 'Rococo' is derived from the French words rocaille (rockwork) and coquillage (shellwork). The style reached its peak in Britain c. 1740s and 50s, and w...
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21. ROCOCO
    A style of art popular in Europe in the first three quarters of the 18th century, Rococo architecture and furnishings emphasized ornate but small-scale decoration, curvilinear forms, and pastel colors. Rococo painting has a playful, light-hearted romantic quality and often pictures the aristocracy at leisure.
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22. Rococo
    From the French rocaille meaning "rock work." This late Baroque (c. 1715-1775) style used in interior decoration and painting was characteristically playful, pretty, romantic, and visually loose or soft; it used small scale and ornate decoration, pastel colors, and asymmetrical arrangement of curves...
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23. Rococo
    An eighteenth-century European style, originating in France. In reaction to the grandeur and massiveness of the baroque, rococo employed refined, elegant, highly decorative forms. Fragonard worked in this style.
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24. Rococo
    ), also referred to as "Late Baroque", is an 18th-century style which developed as Baroque artists gave up their symmetry and became increasingly ornate, florid, and playful. Rococo rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mi...
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25. Rococo
    (club) `Rococo club` was an R&B nightclub in Leicester Square, central London, England. It was home to several funky house and R&B nights including the VIP guestlist R&B, Bashment and Hip Hop Cinnamon Fridays nights. Rococo was one of the places in London where the influence of th...
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