Directory of Rococo Resources

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Style in architecture, especially in interiors and the decorative arts, which originated in France and was widely used in Europe in the 18th century. The term may be derived from the French words rocaille and coquille (rock and shell), natural forms prominent in the Italian baroque decorations of interiors and gardens.

Subcategories

• Boucher, François
• Canaletto
• Chardin, Jean-Siméon
• Fragonard, Jean-Honoré
• Gainsborough, Thomas
• Goya y Lucientes, Francisco de
• Greuze, Jean Baptiste
• Günther, Franz Ignaz
• Hogarth, William
• Reynolds, Joshua
• Tiepolo, Giambattista
• Vigee-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth
• Watteau, Jean-Antoine

Resources in This Category

• 18th-Century France: The Rococo and Watteau

  http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/gg54/gg54-over1.html
  Introduction from the National Gallery of Art

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Rococo Style

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13106a.htm
  Very good introduction to this style.

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