The gradual transformation of the White House has caught the eye of a certain social media critic, who recently comparinged ...

This revival taps into the lavish and playful spirit of the 19th century, a time when people longed for the past and wanted to bring it back with a modern touch. Unlike the original Rococo, the ...

When NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte visited the White House on Monday, he was greeted not only by President Donald Trump ...

Libraries have long been revered not only as repositories of knowledge but also as architectural masterpieces. From the ...

Although it was a short-lived style, the rococo was symptomatic of great changes. Its spontaneity and naturalism was in tune with the Enlightenment, the writings of Diderot and of Edmund Burke.

The Great Interior Design Challenge BBC2 Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness BBC4 I had a low moment while I was watching The Great Interior Design Challenge (weekdays, 7pm), which is like Changing ...

Fresh from its success in the Village of the Year competition, the 'Queen of the Cotswolds' has another reason to celebrate.

In Rococo historiography, the first half of the eighteenth century is generally described as the golden age par excellence of decoration. The so-called major arts are often considered to have played a ...

In 1943, the American historian of architecture Fiske Kimball (1888-1955) published The Creation of the Rococo, a milestone in the study of this movement. Thanks to a close examination of archival ...