rococo
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His student competition pictures of the 1770s are rendered in the painterly technique and pastel colors associated with the Rococo style of François Boucher and Jean-Honoré Fragonard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025
Ms Rowbotham said Carriera "became integral in popularising the use of pastels and as an initiator of the Rococo style and is remembered as one of the most successful female artists of any era".
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2023
The season revolves around a marriage, involving Fred Rococo, who's found love, and it's all about preparing for his wedding.
From Salon • May 7, 2023
Many French decorative arts are in the collection, including nearby tapestries designed by French Rococo painter François Boucher.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2022
The forest, for instance, and the felling of the tree, are well drawn; whereas the sickly sweet Rococo verse in imitation of the French, and reminding one more of Longos than Theocritus, is lifeless.
From The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Biese, Alfred
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