rococo

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Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Barely recognizable from “Welcome to Flatch” is Holmes as Carmen’s roommate Hailee, a rococo ice cream sundae of a person, talking a mile a minute, sweet and dim; as on “Flatch,” she is quite wonderful.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2025

Savoca contrives a wedding night as filled with rococo confections as the interior of a Palermo church.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2024

Bertie’s extant sketches for the wall paneling, ceiling decorations and library shelves in the main rooms are rich in rococo borders and ornament.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2023

He found the Chinese Palm Court, complete with not only live palm trees but high white-plastered rococo ceilings, marble columns, delicate hand-painted Asian wall murals, and Chippendale furniture.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown