Historical dictionary of Rococo art /

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Author / Creator:	Milam, Jennifer Dawn, 1968-
Imprint:	Lanham, Md. ; Toronto ; Plymouth, UK : Scarecrow Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xxvi, 307 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts Historical dictionaries of literature and the arts.
Subject:	Art, Rococo -- Dictionaries. Artists -- Biography -- Dictionaries. Art, Rococo. Artists. Electronic books. Biographies. Dictionaries.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11300665

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ISBN:	9780810879522 0810879522 1283046326 9781283046329 9780810861831 0810861836
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-305). Print version record.
Summary:	The Rococo emerged in France around 1700 as a playful revolt against the grandeur of the Baroque and the solemnity of Classicism. It flourished during the reign of Louis XV and began to go out of fashion in the second half of the 18th century. During thisbrief period of less than a century, it spread throughout the courts and cities of Europe, with significant regional variations on the style developing in Bavaria, Potsdam, Venice, and Great Britain. The period produced an extraordinary number of artistic innovators, who challenged received conventions, developed novel subject categories, and.
Other form:	Print version: Milam, Jennifer Dawn, 1968- Historical Dictionary of Rococo Art. Lanham : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2011, ©2011 9780810861831

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