The Rococo style is worldly recognized for its formality & elegance. It is also known as a time consumer - the time taken to achieve this manner of great aesthetics in regards to design.
If ever you were seen travelling in a carriage, you were instantly perceived as someone of success, wealth and authority; understandably enough, a lot of this perception is derived from the design of these 18th century carriages itself. To know that the intricate details in and around the carriage are for no function but to please our sensuous impulses alone, illustrates the fact that you had to be a person of wealth; you could not afford to or were even allowed to ride in this means of transport unless you were a person of importance. The crafted details in many carriages very elegantly expose the Rococo style especially through the curvature (’S’) features around the frames of the carriage. Rococo is a lot about giving an emotional response; the highly aesthetic and time-consuming detailed carriages present the individual inside to be of great status, to literally make outsiders say “wow” and to be in awe of that persons presence. These Rococo designed carriages send out the message that whoever is riding in it must instantly be seen as someone of worth and even so to be looked upon as of higher class - although these are Rococo designed, it further portrays masculinity towards the individual inside - a person to be respected and honored: It gives status to the individual.
In the 21st century, they may be seen at weddings and museums (places of importance); a person/people you will see in a carriage is someone who is of royalty i.e. The British Royal Family - people of wealth, honour and position. In this means of transport with its aesthetically pleasing details, people work their way up in hope of reaching this status.
If ever you were seen travelling in a carriage, you were instantly perceived as someone of success, wealth and authority; understandably enough, a lot of this perception is derived from the design of these 18th century carriages itself. To know that the intricate details in and around the carriage are for no function but to please our sensuous impulses alone, illustrates the fact that you had to be a person of wealth; you could not afford to or were even allowed to ride in this means of transport unless you were a person of importance. The crafted details in many carriages very elegantly expose the Rococo style especially through the curvature (’S’) features around the frames of the carriage. Rococo is a lot about giving an emotional response; the highly aesthetic and time-consuming detailed carriages present the individual inside to be of great status, to literally make outsiders say “wow” and to be in awe of that persons presence. These Rococo designed carriages send out the message that whoever is riding in it must instantly be seen as someone of worth and even so to be looked upon as of higher class - although these are Rococo designed, it further portrays masculinity towards the individual inside - a person to be respected and honored: It gives status to the individual.
In the 21st century, they may be seen at weddings and museums (places of importance); a person/people you will see in a carriage is someone who is of royalty i.e. The British Royal Family - people of wealth, honour and position. In this means of transport with its aesthetically pleasing details, people work their way up in hope of reaching this status.
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