Even though Rococo architecture managed to spread beyond its country of origin, it met its decline relatively early, fading out as both an art and an architecture movement within a few decades.  Artists and architects needed to move on from the flamboyant to the...

The Baroque movement—enforced by the Catholic Church—reached its peak by the end of the 17th century. Yet there were a few people in France who thought that the system for Baroque architecture was too rigid. They wanted more freedom. They wanted...