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The Rococo jewel nestled into vineyard terraces that's a visual index of 'a king’s Enlightenment belief in knowledge, cultivation and the civilising power of Nature'

A summer picnic in 1743 prompted Frederick the Great to create a retreat for himself outside his capital at Berlin. The ...
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Rococo architecture in Southern Germany Henry-Russell Hitchcock

The brothers Cosmas Damian and Egid Quirin Asam -- Johann Georg Fischer of Füssen -- The Schmuzers : Johann, Franz Xaver and Joseph -- Peter II Thumb -- The limits of the Rococo : the work of Johann ...
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Trump’s Oval Office Is a Gilded Rococo Nightmare. Help.

Ms. Keegin is a photo editor and creative consultant. This is an installment of Visual Studies, a series that explores how images move through and shape culture. Lately the American president has been ...
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Understanding architecture : its elements, history, and meaning / Leland M. Roth

"Commodities" : how does the building function? -- "Firmeness" : how does the building stand up? -- "Delight" : space in architecture -- "Delight" : seeing ...