rococo

• adj. ロココ；古風な；過剰な装飾
• n. ロココ（18世紀後半にヨーロッパで栄えた建築装飾芸術の様式）

石や色鮮やかな貝殻を多用し、他の多くの芸術分野にも浸透した18世紀のフランスの建築様式。語源はフランス語のrococo（ロココ）で、rocaille（貝殻芸術）、roche（石）からユーモラスに転用されたもので、語源的にはrock（石）と同じである。

rococo

rococo: [19] Old French roque was the source of English rock ‘stone’. From its modern French descendant roc was derived rocaille ‘decoration in the form of pebbles, shells, etc’, which was altered to rococo as a term for a style characterized by convoluted ornamentation.
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rococo (adj.)

1836, "old-fashioned," from French rococo (19c.), apparently a humorous alteration of rocaille "shellwork, pebble-work" from Middle French roche "rock," from Vulgar Latin *rocca "stone." Specifically of furniture or architecture of the time of Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze, from 1841. If this is correct, the reference is to the excessive use of shell designs in this lavish style. For differentiation, see baroque. The general sense of "tastelessly florid or ornate" is from 1844.

Much of the painting, engraving, porcelain-work, etc., of the time has ... a real decorative charm, though not of a very high order in art. Hence rococo is used attributively in contempt to note anything feebly pretentious and tasteless in art or literature. [Century Dictionary, 1902]

1. Mrs.Mead is looking for a chair in rococo style.

ミード夫人はロココ式の椅子を買いたいと思っています。

2.The intricate detail of a rococo altarpiece.

'ロココ'.'''''.'.'式'.''聖壇の背壁装飾画の複雑な詳細。

3.Sometimes they have a lot of rococo details.

これらには、多くのロココ調のディテールが含まれていることがあります。

4.This is the Italian Rococo decoration style.

これがイタリアのロココ装飾スタイルです。

5.The Rococo decoration inside the palace is delightful.

宮殿内のロココ調の装飾スタイルを楽しむ。