Deriving from the French word rocaille, in reference to the curved forms of shellfish, and the Italian Barocco, the French created the term Rococo. Appearing at the beginning of the 18th-century, it rapidly spread to the whole of Europe. Extravagant and light, Rococo responded perfectly to the spontaneity of the aristocracy of the time. In many aspects, this art was linked to its predecessor, Baroque, and it is thus also referred to as late Baroque style. While artists such as Tiepolo, Boucher and Reynolds carried the style to its apogee, the movement was often condemned for its superficiality. In the second half of the 18th-century, Rococo began its decline. At the end of the century, facing the advent of Neoclassicism, it was plunged into obscurity. It had to wait nearly a century before art historians could restore it to the radiance of its golden age, which is rediscovered in this work by Klaus H. Carl and Victoria Charles.
Art History The Viennese Secession
Klaus H. Carl, Victoria Charles
bookArt History Baroque art
Klaus H. Carl, Victoria Charles
bookArt History Gothic art
Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl
bookRéflexions sur Dubaï
Klaus H. Carl
bookArt History Romanesque art
Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl
bookHistoire de l'art L'art gothique
Victoria Charles, Klaus H. Carl
bookFranz Marc 1880-1916
Klaus H. Carl, Franz Marc
bookAthens
Klaus H. Carl
bookSaigon - Ho Chi Minh-Ville
Klaus H. Carl
bookRio de Janeiro
Ingo Latotzki, Klaus H. Carl
bookDubai
Klaus H. Carl
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Let Me Call You Sweatheart (I'm In Love With You) : as performed by Bette Midler and many other artists, Single Songbook
Leo Friedman, Beth Slater Whitson
bookThe Loves of the Artists: Art and Passion in the Renaissance
Jonathan Jones
bookBotany: The Science of Plant Life
Norman Taylor
bookThe Reason for Flowers
Stephen Buchmann
audiobookMedicinal Mushrooms
Felicity Paulman
bookFlorapedia
Carol Gracie
audiobookAnatomy for the Artist : A Complete Guide to Drawing the Human Body
Jennifer Crouch
bookA History of Art for Beginners and Students
Clara E. Clement
bookThe Penguin Book of Witches
audiobookThe Nature of Plants
Craig N. Huegel
audiobookPlanting the World : Joseph Banks and his Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany
Jordan Goodman
audiobookThe Lives of the Artists
Giorgio Vasari
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