rococo
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- noun
- /roʊˈkoʊkoʊ/
- Specialized
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rococó
- If the superficial Rococo is the truth, then the truth must be alarmingly empty.
- Austrian Rococo
- Rococo revival
- Rococo art
And I chose France, Rococo, baroque and ancient Egypt.
- And I chose France, Rococo, baroque and ancient Egypt.
Examples
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And I chose France, Rococo, baroque and ancient Egypt.
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Salon culture, Rococo, and Frenchness were inseparably associated with each other.
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The vintage, of course, is no more recent than the Rococo.
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Gradually, themes from Homer took over as the Rococo declined.
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At once close and distant, the Rococo evoked both strong and ambivalent feelings.
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Critics like Pichler may have grumbled about it, but the Rococo re-emerged in the modern world.
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Far from being alien to modernity, as Pichler suggested, the second Rococo was largely a product of industrialization.
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In the eighteenth century, the Rococo was often criticized for favoring sensuality over intellectuality and superficial frivolity over deeper meaning.
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In their representations, nineteenth-century France was shown distilled through the Rococo, exemplifying how purported depictions of reality are often constructed from age-old stereotypes.
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The grand ballroom featured exquisite rococo decorations that captivated all the guests.
Antonyms
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Etymology
Rococo comes from the French word rocaille ('shell' or 'rock' decoration) and the word baroque. It was first used for art and furniture covered with small, curving, shell-like ornaments, so a rococo piece is a very fancy, heavily decorated object.