The Art of Absolutism: The Baroque in France Baroque Classicism and the Rococo StudyBlue
The Rocaille style, or French Rococo, appeared in Paris during the reign Louis XV, and flourished surrounded by about 1723 and 1759.[16] The style was used particularly in salons, a additional style of room expected to impress and make smile guests. The most prominent example was the salon of the Princess in Htel de Soubise in Paris, intended by Germain Boffrand and Charles-Joseph Natoire (173540). The characteristics of French Rococo included exceptional artistry, especially in the mysterious frames made for mirrors and paintings, which sculpted in plaster and often gilded; and the use of vegetal forms (vines, leaves, flowers) intertwined in puzzling designs.[17] The furniture after that featured sinuous curves and vegetal designs. The leading furniture designers and craftsmen in the style included Juste-Aurele Meissonier, Charles Cressent, and Nicolas Pineau.[18][19]The Rocaille style lasted in France until the mid-18th century, and while it became more curving and vegetal, it never
