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The Georgian Era, also called Rococo or Ancien Regime style, was an era of rapid change through the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, great social inequality but also artistic heights in a flourishing culture of art patronage.
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Around the 1789 French Revolution, the Rococo period's extravagant dresses of brilliant hues changed, becoming simple, white dresses. The round gown has a high waistline reaching just below the...
The Rococo is the last period in which courtly fashion sets the trend. Towards its end, starting from England, it transitions into bourgeois fashion, which celebrates its final victory with the French Revolution.
26 lip 2021 · Rococo fashion was all the rage in the 1740s along with the robe à la française worn as the primary gown for both formal and informal occasions. At the same time, men’s fashion remained just as full as the 1730s, and French and English fashion represented two ends of a spectrum.
1 lis 2023 · Originating in France and quickly spreading its influence across Europe, Rococo fashion was more than just clothing; it was an outward expression of the era’s innermost yearnings for beauty, extravagance, and delicate artistry.
28 lip 2021 · The mid-eighteenth century marked the height of rococo influence on women’s dress; colorful floral-patterned silk gowns and matching petticoats with three-dimensional trimmings, often applied in serpentine bands, were shown to advantage over wide panniers.
24 paź 2018 · The Rococo was a period fuelled by a constant threat of paradise lost. Scenes of whimsical ideals known as fête galante, a genre depicting men and women in nature engaged at romantic play, in which clothing was essential, were produced by three central artists - Fragonard, Boucher and Watteau.
