The Age of Rococo by Terisio Pignatti

The Age of Rococo

by Terisio Pignatti

Paul Hamlyn Cameo Art Series

Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969, colour photographic plates throughout, hardcover, dust-jacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, previous owners stamp inside front cover, tape residue on end-papers, dust-jacket minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing to edges and corners, minor markings (see photographs)

"The first half of the 18th century is perhaps the most exquisitely stylish period in European art.  This was the time of Louis XV and Madame de pompadour, of Watteau's fetes glantes and Tiepolo's allegories, of Sevres and Meissen porcelain, of Oeben's and Riesener's furniture.  The Rococo was an aristocratic style, and one after another the courts of Europe followed the lead of Versailles until Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Austria, Italy and Spain had all taken it up."