![]() Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) composed not only for Austrian royalty but also for the public. Patrons of the arts were not exclusively royalty and aristocrats, so artists and craftsmen were able to market to a wider audience of middle-class consumers. It was France's Pre-Revolutionary time of growing secularism and continued growth of what became known as the bourgeoisie or middle class. Often this 18th-century era is called "the Rococo," a time period roughly beginning with the 1715 death of France's Sun King, Louis XIV, until the French Revolution in 1789. ![]() Rococo is a period rather than a specific style. Often classified simply as "Late Baroque," Rococo decorative arts flourished for a short period before Neoclassicism swept the Western world. ![]() It is characterized by delicate but substantial ornamentation. Rococo describes a type of art and architecture that began in France in the mid-1700s. ![]() Highly decorative walls and ceiling in an oval chamber, looking up toward an ornate chandelier. ![]()
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