Palace of the Marqués de Dos Aguas built in the 15th-18th centuries, in Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain.
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The Spanish Rococo style of the 18th century is relatively unexplored and bears little resemblance to its French equivalent. Under the reign of Philip V of the Bourbon Dynasty, architectural commissions were primarily awarded to Italian architects, rather than the French who were the pioneers of the rococo style. This is largely due to the influence of his second wife, Elisabeth Farnese of Parma, who aimed to transcend French influence through the promotion of the Italians. Consequently, Rococo was left to be discovered by the Spanish school and therefore evolved separately from French and other variations of Rococo.
Rococo, also referred to as Late Baroque, originated in Paris, France in the 1730s as a continuation of the Baroque style. It is a highly dramatic and ornamental style of art and architecture characterized by its lavish curves and counter-curves, white and pastel colors, asymmetry, and elements that represent nature. Elements such as acanthus leaves, shells, flowers, birds, angels, fruit, musical instruments, and even chinoiserie (Chinese and Japanese motifs), were all common Rococo motifs.
Rococo in Spain never culminated to be its own distinct style, as such the rococo style was not greatly present in 18th-century Spain. It was essentially a decorative progression of the Spanish Baroque used in conjunction with other elements of Spanish origin. Though there are a few examples, primarily in the court of the newly established Bourbon Dynasty.
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and several thousand drawings. Goya's oeuvre includes tapestry cartoons inRococo style, print series that satirize the human condition and show the brutalities...
explained by the Moorish heritage inSpain (especially in Andalusia), and through the political and cultural climate inSpain during the Counter-Reformation...
29 June 1779) was a German painter, active in Dresden, Rome, and Madrid, who while painting in the Rococo period of the mid-18th century became one of...
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and San Agustín. See also Rococo. In the 18th century, with the introduction of the French Bourbon dynasty, came to Spain this style that was characterized...
of the coquette aesthetic, inspirations include Victorian, Regency, and Rococo fashion and aesthetics. Pieces of media that serve as inspiration include...
both Rococo and Neoclassical influences. The main façade (1736–1754) is considered a masterpiece of the Spanish Baroque style. Other buildings in the square...
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residences of the Spanish monarchs. While designing tapestries was neither prestigious nor well paid, his cartoons are mostly popularist in a rococo style, and...
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