noun / adjective
rococo
ruh-KOH-koh/rəˈkəʊkəʊ/
An elaborate, playful style of eighteenth-century European art and decoration.
The palace's rococo rooms feature curling ornaments and delicate pastel colors.
Etymology
French rococo apparently humorously reshaped rocaille, meaning shellwork or pebble-work. If that explanation is correct, the name likely points to lavish shell designs in the style, later becoming a general description of elaborate ornament.
In context
a lot of foliage and and a lot of gold too but the pastel colors that that kind of lighter cause light yellow light blue typical of the rococo style
More examples
- The exhibit explores rococo in eighteenth-century France.
- A rococo mirror hangs above the fireplace.
- She points out the shell motifs in the rococo ceiling.
Forms
rococo