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......Thus, within a relatively brief period of time, old social systems and the
nobility became obsolete; however, the nobility also became patrons of the
arts, much like the earlier Medici family of Florence, Italy during a long
period known as the Renaissance
After the death of King Louis XIV, often referred to as the "Sun King"
and the penultimate symbol of monarchical decadence and power in France, a
period of "perfect artistic harmony and expression came about" called
Rococo which comes from the French word rocaille meaning pebble and/or
coquille or shell. Although the Rococo period is most closely associated
with some of the finest examples of European architecture, it was also a
time of great artistic expression and experimentation, especially in
painting. Compared to paintings rendered during the early years of the
Baroque, those done during the Rococo period exhibited a relatively new
type of artistic expression known as genre painting......

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