Rococo

 

Rococo style (from the French rococo - «a quirky, artsy") also tends to liveliness of movement, but the mobility of the French Rococo - light, fluttering, in contrast to the massive dynamics of the Baroque. Externally, the two styles may seem similar, sometimes referred to as the last stage of the rococo baroque. However, there are certain principles and techniques: monumentality replaced chamber, freedom and vitality are replaced by limiting decorative brought to its climax, and the pomp and splendor of moving into excessive pretentiousness, which borders on the saccharine. However, although the Rococo and not as much as the Baroque, it affects many aspects of art.

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When is a limit to the use of a reception, to be replaced by new always comes, which is often the exact opposite of the previous one. Baroque with its excess and especially decorative Rococo at some point began to pall. Rococo style was the very point from which came a glut of beautiful. I wanted something more rigorous, present. Excessiveness in freedom of expression and the lack of rules led to a return to the good old forgotten canons. This happened the return of classics, an era of new renaissance, but with the change of tastes and date.

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Rococo - style of suburban villas and palaces, was born in the midst of the French aristocracy in the first half of the XVIII century.

The words of Louis XV "after us - the deluge" can be considered as characteristic of the mood that prevailed in court circles. Severity of style gave way to giddy atmosphere, thirst for pleasure and fun. Court environment itself partly shaped rococo with its capricious, whimsical shapes.

 

The plane broke up the wall mirrors and decorative panels in asymmetric fancy frame, consisting of curls - a single straight line, not a right angle. Rococo art was based on the asymmetry.

Every thing rococo dresses, covers garlands curls, inlays and designs.

The walls of houses of the nobility and the wealthy bourgeoisie, built in the classic spirit of the strict order forms, broken inside niches, richly decorated with silk wallpaper, decorative fabrics, paint, stucco.

The unity of the interior did not violate artsy furniture inlays. By elegant table and ottoman on thin curved legs were surprisingly porcelain knickknacks, caskets, snuff bottles. In vogue china and pearl.

If we talk about the color of this style was characterized by the so-called frothy pastels with coral-pink, blue-gray, pale green, lavender and pale yellow.

The modern incarnation of the Rococo style and groundbreaking use of a single pastel color, contrasting it to the other, usually the complementary color. This approach animates all the color gamut, and the look of the room gets a second wind.

When painting the walls of the designers give them a bit of a soft sheen and is decorated with silk or glazed cotton cloth.

Room to rocaille shone brilliantly, the authors are not stingy to spend a little more gold and silver furniture, ornate frames with configuration and decorative porcelain.

Fabrics should be light, soft and elegant. One of the most important elements of the interior, flexible shape, giving grace, chivalry and playfulness are key requirements era.