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Top: Arts: Architecture: History: Periods_and_Styles: Rococo

The last phase of the Baroque, in which it became lighter in colour and weight. Rococo chiefly refers to a type of 18th-century decoration derived from sinuous natural forms. Chinese motifs may be playfully used.

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