Art History Genres : What Is Rococo Art?

Rococo art was created upon the end of the Baroque period, and it is characterized by intentional visual redundancy, elaborate filigree, gold leaf, rosy nudes and romantic images. Learn about the controversy of Rococo art with information from an art historian, critic and curator in this free video on art.

Expert: Dr. Betty Ann Brown
Bio: Betty Ann Brown is an art historian, critic and curator.
Filmmaker: Jared Drake

[tuninginfun]

Great video! I think I just learned more in this video than in my entire art appreciation class in college! haha! No, I'm kidding, but it was neat hearing this, and like some others, it is just neat hearing the word "rococo." :-)

[abctom]

I'm sure the pearl derivative you speak of has nothing to do with Rococo art and is why Baroque art is so named...

[Sepacrepus]

I looked up this video just so I could hear someone say "rococo."

[XOXOAngeliniAntanori]

Ah this period of art makes me want to be apart of all its marvels.

[anitasseo]

Isn't the "irregular pearl" referred to the portughese word "Barroco"?

[CatmomSciencenerd]

Is it easy for people to misidentify the difference between the Romantic period art and the rococo period art?

[dbag]

It's like if princess peach had an art style, it'd be rococo.

[bdwatson]

Umm..Actually baroque is a mishaped pearl..so yeah.

[xXSauvageXx]

@artistdeterminedmsv not really if you study art history

[sravyasudha]

Baroque means an irregularly shaped pearl, not Rococo.

[guitarplayer]

Thumbs up if you got here from the Arcade Fire song:)