Exploring for the very first time the global reach and spiritual dimension of Rococo décor, particularly in France, Central Europe, Portugal, Brazil, and Spanish South America, this study investigates the socio-religious motives for the importation of this style into an ecclesiastical setting and its commonalities with Enlightenment values, overturning the cliché of Rococo as a frivolous style and acknowledging its essential modernity.
Exploring for the very first time the global reach and spiritual dimension of Rococo décor, particularly in France, Central Europe, Portugal, Brazil, and Spanish South America, this study investigates the socio-religious motives for the importation of this style into an ecclesiastical setting and its commonalities with Enlightenment values, overturning the cliché of Rococo as a frivolous style and acknowledging its essential modernity.
Gauvin Alexander Bailey is Professor and Alfred and Isabel Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art at Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
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Contents: Introduction 'The dream of happiness': the literature of the spiritual Rococo and the Christianity of reason 'As bizarre a style as ever occurred': Rococo in France 'Bright shining as the stars': spiritual Rococo in Central Europe 'Irregular ornament in the finest French taste': spiritual Rococo in Portugal and Brazil 'O happy vision!': spiritual Rococo in Spain and Spanish South America Epilogue: 'Superfluous stucco and laughable decoration': Rococo, religion, and the global enlightenment Appendices Bibliography Index.
Contents: Introduction 'The dream of happiness': the literature of the spiritual Rococo and the Christianity of reason 'As bizarre a style as ever occurred': Rococo in France 'Bright shining as the stars': spiritual Rococo in Central Europe 'Irregular ornament in the finest French taste': spiritual Rococo in Portugal and Brazil 'O happy vision!': spiritual Rococo in Spain and Spanish South America Epilogue: 'Superfluous stucco and laughable decoration': Rococo, religion, and the global enlightenment Appendices Bibliography Index.
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