What Is: Rococo, more than a sinuous line?

The Rococo style was delicately elegant with a distinct preference for asymmetry. It was presided over by France's King Louis XV's mistress, Madame du Pompadour, a sophisticated lady of impeccable style. Find out more www.thecultureconcept.com

[@Mrsbigpaenus]

This is in my favorites, just because of the comments

[@cartoonphilosopher2577]

me 2

[@lizannensiah]

Very educational!!

[@HistoryVersailles]

Very nice video!

[@nicksum29]

Thank you for this. Not easy finding documentaries on the Rococo style. It is simply not understood by our Lowest Common Denominator hyper-democratic society.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

Rococco is too expensive for everyday capitalists. You need to be an aristocrat to really afford it.

[@Raiderthepirate]

It was an era of loyalty, wealth, honor & education, with an extremely feminine attitude that exuded elegance. However during these times, con artists spawned in full strength ... Posing as royalty to make a quick fortune that helped bring the period to it's abrupt end. From pirates posing as sea merchant businessmen & privateers promising huge returns from enterprise with the intent to fraud. Meaningless inventions that didn't even have a real purpose were prominent. The black market was already flourishing so that commoners could enjoy a lower end of fanciful products at a fraction of the price ... that included only a fraction of the product also. Then there were side street quacks passing through villages impersonating doctors with ineffective medicines. Perfumes were a major business throughout Europe but they were also compromised once the Georgian influences began to spread bearing more masculinity. It wouldn't be long before France's monarchy would fall ...

[@vanessahouse268]

great and educational

[@MegaGrigoryan]

Francoise Bouche is number one artist painter in the world also Fragonar and Vatto. French culture is number one too

[@tompommerel2136]

Sorry, but your description here are so predictable in focusing on SUPERFICIALITY without attempting to explain why this may have been so, or if there were other reasons for this style to have emerged. Does your explanation also explain the Bavaria Rococo?

[@timmytoms__]

Hello mortals from the future.

[@yaddahaysmarmalite4059]

Huh? I'm from the future?

[@liverpoolboxingbaby]

Informative video Carolyn. Is art really meant to be something to squabble over, surely everyone is entitled to their own interpretation?

[@Takeru9292]

whats the name of the music played in the video?

[@Takeru9292]

HA-HA-HA! Very funny you fucking idiot. Go do something useful instead of being stupid on the internet.

[@btrsyiaa]

dude chill..

[@nicksum29]

@rob16248 Just because someone is better than you are in almost every way (except for the expletives of the vulgar) does not mean she is a snob. And since you cannot see a connection between the classically-influenced genres, it appears that your tertiary education was purchased at one of our more affordable public institutions.

[@PhilipRau]

lol art history fights.

[@nicksum29]

@rob16248 Gladly, I am gorgeous.

[@nicksum29]

Oh lord - is that the ONLY rococo painting you know?

[@nicksum29]

@rob16248 You are listening, apparently. Although, I wouldn't call it "listening". I'd call what you do, "hearing". Listening actally takes some understanding. You appear to have lost yours - if you ever had any.

[@nicksum29]

Yawn

[@nicksum29]

Sorry, I do not remember you. I suspect you are infinitely forgettable.

[@stephendise7946]

Wow. No one seems to have remembered you. Kiss me for being your first comment since 2013, genius.

[@nicksum29]

Your erudition knows no bounds. Run along now, the adults are talking.

[@nicksum29]

Yawn.

[@stephendise7946]

40,000 people yawned at you, loser.