Rococo, The Continuing Curve

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Channel: Cooper Hewitt · 2011 · Education

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From its inception, exuberant, organic, and sensuous rococo style has inspired subsequent revivals and new movements.  As rococo's influence once again gains momentum, Cooper-Hewitt invites scholars Laura Auricchio and Paul Greenhalgh to discuss the social and cultural histories behind rococo in eighteenth-century France and its revival in Art Nouveau at the end of the nineteenth century.

Smithsonian, Cooper-Hewit National Design Museum

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