Historical dictionary of rococo art

[CIP Milam] (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) offers a well-written volume on rococo, a movement generally considered to have started in France at the tail end of Louis XIV's reign and continued to the beginnings of the French Revolution. The introduction and chronology place the rococo movement fir...

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Published inChoice Vol. 49; no. 6; p. 1037
Main Author Iuliano, A M
Format Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Middletown American Library Association dba CHOICE 01.02.2012
Subjects
Art history
Dictionaries
Fine arts
Milam, Jennifer D
Nonfiction
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Summary:[CIP Milam] (Univ. of Sydney, Australia) offers a well-written volume on rococo, a movement generally considered to have started in France at the tail end of Louis XIV's reign and continued to the beginnings of the French Revolution. The introduction and chronology place the rococo movement firmly in historical context. Milam is careful to designate the scope of the dictionary and demarcate why certain subject matter is included or excluded.
ISSN:0009-4978
1943-5975