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Rocaille (Renaissance-Baroque decorative arts styles, Renaissance-Baroque styles, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Refers generally to the bolder and more extravagant flights of Rococo style as applied to the decorative arts, deriving from the ornate rockwork and shellwork used for fountains and grottoes. |
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Rocaille (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,A)
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Rocail (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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羅卡爾 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
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羅卡耶 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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石貝裝飾 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
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luó kǎ ěr (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
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luo ka er (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
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lo k'a erh (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
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rocaille (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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rocaillestijl (C,U,Dutch,UF,U,U)
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Rocalla (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: F.FL |
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Chinese (traditional) ..... 泛指在裝飾藝術上,更大膽、奢華奔放的洛可可風格,源自裝飾在噴泉與石窟的華麗石藝和貝殼工藝。 |
Dutch ..... Verwijst in het algemeen naar de extravagantere uitbarstingen in de rococostijl, zoals toegepast in de decoratieve kunst, voorkomend uit barok grotwerk en schelpwerk dat werd gebruikt voor fonteinen en grotten. |
Spanish ..... Se refiere generalmente a los vuelos más atrevidos y más extravagantes del estilo Rococó aplicado a las artes decorativas, y que deriva de la decoración de rocas y conchas usada para las fuentes y grutas. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Rocaille............ |
[GCI Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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AATA database (2002-) 156537 checked 26 January 2012 |
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Janson, History of Art (1986) 556, playful decoration of grottoes with shells and stones. |
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Lewis and Darley, Dictionary of Ornament (1986) |
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Lucie-Smith, Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms (1986) 162, ornamental rock and shellwork, synonym of rococo |
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Oxford Companion to Art (1984) 108 |
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RILA, Subject Headings (1975-1990) |
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Ware and Stafford, Illustrated Dictionary of Ornament (1974) 182 |
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Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961) style of ornament, 18th c, like artificial rock and shellwork. |
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