Save this picture! The Triumph of Venus (François Boucher) Of course, signs (and names) carry meanings and concepts, and Rococo is not merely a matter of ornamentation. If one of the objectives ...

When facing the guillotine In December of 1793, Madame du Barry, the last mistress of King Louis XV, infamously made her final request, “Please, Mr. Executioner, just a little moment more!” ...

The ridiculously ornate rococo interior of Asamkirche (also known as the Church of St. Johann Nepomuk) in Munich is crammed with winged cherubs, swirling frescoes, and fiddly golden ornamentation.

The art critic Glenn Adamson explains, “The rococo dispensed with some features of the baroque (such as its pervasive religiosity) and exaggerated others (its ‘extravagant’ use of ornament),” so that ...

The rooms showcase Rococo ornamentation, featuring gilded stucco, intricate wood carvings, and paintings. There's more to palatial Potsdam than Sanssouci. The town is home to 14 other Prussian ...

What: Ornament in decorative arts will be the topic ... wife's arthritic hands would appear to share nothing with a circa 1740 rococo candelabrum by French silversmith Claude Ballin II.

He controlled his ever-present desire for ornamentation and refined the rococo style down to its most fundamental elements, creating a modern collection that used the embellishments in service to ...

“In Western Maryland,” Mr. Randall says, “gunsmiths fell in love with rococo ornamentation and were using it all the way into the middle of the 19th century.” The exhibit, which will ...