It’s a contemporary movement that merges the delicate pastels, ornamental elegance, and sensuality of 18th-century Rococo with modernist abstraction and feminist perspectives of contemporary art.

Auctions A Brief History of Rococo Art Roccoco art: its history, as well as key figures in the movement. Pair of Louis XV chairs, sold at Koller Auktionen Zürich on Thursday, March 21, 2013 ...

The art of the Rococo was not merely supposed to be fun (“ Icons: Disney Knows Rococo,” Review, Nov. 27); it is frequently suggestive, intended for the private delectation of adult viewers.

“It doesn’t have to be hyperdecorative,” said the rococo authority, who lectures on the subject at 2 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 12, at the Museum of Spanish Colonial Art.

During the 18th-century Rococo Period, when Marie Antoinette was the fashion leader, large, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant sack-back gowns, known as robe à la francaise, came into vogue ...