Baroque art

Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art, and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpted moulding, and ''trompe-l'œil'' frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement.

16th- and 17th-century period of cultural and literary flourishing coinciding with the rise of the Spanish Empire

Renaissance art movement

thumb|right|250px|Commode decoration by Charles Cressent (1745–1749), Metropolitan Museum Rocaille ( , ) was a French style of elaborate design that appeared in furniture and interior decoration during the early reign of Louis XV. A reaction against the heaviness and formality of the Louis XIV style, it featured an abundance of curves, counter-curves, undulations, and elements modeled on nature. Beginning around 1710, it reached its peak in the 1730s, and came to an end in the late 1750s when it was replaced by Neoclassicism. It marked the beginning of the French Baroque movement in furniture

style of ornamental decoration

Baroque architectural style in Scandinavia and Germany

The Seicento ( , ) is Italian history and culture during the 17th century. The Seicento saw the end of the Renaissance movement in Italy and the beginning of the Counter-Reformation and the Baroque era. The word means 'six hundred' and is short for , '1600'.

Italian art historian and journalist (born 1971)

Latin phrase and artistic theme