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   Rococo
   Rococo is a style of decoration which originated in France and Italy in the 17th century.
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   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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   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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   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 prevalent during the mid-1700s in Europe. Alan Perlis sa...
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   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 and counter curves, often elaborated with fantasy. I ...
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   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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   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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   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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   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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    Rococo
    Ro·co'co adjective Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.
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    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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    rococo
    adjective having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation; `an exquisite gilded rococo mirror`
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    rococo
    noun fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century
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    Rococo
    A style of 18th century French art and interior design, `Rococo` style rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings. It was largely supplanted by the Neoclassic style. The word Rococo is seen as a combination of the French `rocaille`, or shell, and the Italian `barocco`, or Baroque style. Due to Rococo l...
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    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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    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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    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 scrolls and double curves. It was in fashion between c.1730 and c.1760. Much of the finest rococo silv...
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    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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    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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