Both Uses of
rococo
in
The Fountainhead
- He and Keating had put their best efforts into designing the most ornate of all Rococo palaces for future patrons who could pay twenty-five dollars per day per room and who were fond of plaster flowers, marble cupids and open elevator cages of bronze lace.†
Chpt 1.9 *
- You'll build Colonial houses, Rococo hotels and semi-Grecian office buildings.†
Chpt 4.3
Definition:
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(rococo) excessively fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in Paris in the 18th century