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Wat komt er na de rococo?
Vooral in de vroege achttiende eeuw hadden de rococoschilderijen van de Franse kunstschilders veel succes. Daarna diende de stijl van het neoclassicisme zich geleidelijk aan en verdween de stijl van het rococo.
What is an example of Rococo style in France?
Excellent examples of French Rococo are the Salon de Monsieur le Prince (completed 1722) in the Petit Château at Chantilly, decorated by Jean Aubert, and the salons (begun 1732) of the Hôtel de Soubise, Paris, by Germain Boffrand. The Rococo style was also manifested in the decorative arts.
What is Rococo style in interior design?
Rococo, style in interior design, the decorative arts, painting, architecture, and sculpture that originated in Paris in the early 18th century but was soon adopted throughout France and later in other countries, principally Germany and Austria.
What is the origin of the term Rococo?
Origin of the term. The word rococo was first used in 1835 in France, as a humorous variation of the word rocaille or a combination of rocaille and baroque. Rocaille was originally a method of decoration, using pebbles, seashells and cement, which was often used to decorate grottoes and fountains since the Renaissance.
What are some examples of rococo architecture in Germany?
Another notable example of the early German Rococo is Würzburg Residence (1737–1744) constructed for the Prince-Bishop of Wurzburg by Balthasar Neumann. Neumann had traveled to Paris and consulted with the French rocaille decorative artists Germain Boffrand and Robert de Cotte.
Wat kwam er na de barok?
In de 19e en 20e eeuw krijgt de barok opnieuw aandacht en komt een neobarokke stijl op, een voorbeeld van historisme. Misschien wel het bekendste voorbeeld van deze neobarokke stijl is de Opéra Garnier in Parijs.
Waarom is rococo ontstaan?
Na de dood van Lodewijk XIV ontstaat in Frankrijk de rococo als tegenbeweging die zich afzet tegen de strenge regels van symmetrie en classicisme. Deze speelse stijl kenmerkt zich juist door asymmetrie in de bouwkunst en door kleurrijke schilderijen.