| 单词 | rococo |
| 释义 | rococo (once / 9092 pages) adjn Rococo describes a very ornate style originating in Europe. If you love tons of decoration and fancy details, then you'll love the rococo style of architecture and music. Modern design is all simplicity: clean lines and no clutter. Rococo design — which came and went in Europe in the 1700s — is the opposite: it explodes with detail, ornament, patterns, and decoration. If something other than an actual work of design or music is described as rococo, it means wildly detailed, to the point of excess. They sat me next to Diana, who told me the whole rococo story of her divorce. Hours had passed before she even got to the part about the affair. WORD FAMILYrococo: rococos USAGE EXAMPLESRoberta Smith called Ms. Marten, then 27, a “precocious British artist” who “works in a light, frothy mode that might be called postmodern rococo.” New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) The décor mixes rococo and neoclassical styles while adhering to standards of symmetry and harmony that keep the entire affair looking neat and purposeful. Wall Street Journal(Nov 09, 2016) Called “Vignette,” from 2003, the title references paintings by the French Rococo master Fragonard, paintings in which romantic love is celebrated. New York Times(Oct 17, 2016) 1adj having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation an exquisite gilded rococo mirror Syn fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented 2n fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century Hyper artistic style, idiom the style of a particular artist or school or movement |
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