Churrigueresque vs. Rococo — What's the Difference?

Churrigueresque (; Spanish: Churrigueresco), also but less commonly "Ultra Baroque", refers to a Spanish Baroque style of elaborate sculptural architectural ornament which emerged as a manner of stucco decoration in Spain in the late 17th century and was used up to about 1750, marked by extreme, expressive and florid decorative detailing, normally found above the entrance on the main facade of a building.

Rococo (, also US: ), less commonly Roccoco or Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and theatrical style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colors, sculpted molding, and trompe-l'œil frescoes to create surprise and the illusion of motion and drama. It is often described as the final expression of the Baroque movement.The Rococo style began in France in the 1730s as a reaction against the more formal and geometric Style Louis XIV. It was known as the style rocaille, or rocaille style.

Of or relating to a style of baroque architecture of Spain and its Latin-American colonies, characterized by elaborate and extravagant decoration.

A style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that originated in France in the early 1700s and is marked by elaborate ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms.

Alternative form of Churrigueresque

A very ornate style of speech or writing.

Having elaborate symmetrical ornamentation;

(Music) A style of composition arising in the 1700s in France, often viewed as an extension of the baroque, and characterized by a high degree of ornamentation and lightness of expression.

Also Rococo Of or relating to the rococo.

Immoderately elaborate or complicated.

(uncountable) A style of baroque architecture and decorative art, from 18th-century France, having elaborate ornamentation.

(countable) A piece of ornamentation in this style.

Of or relating to the rococo style.

Over-elaborate or complicated; opulent.

Old-fashioned.

A florid style of ornamentation which prevailed in Europe in the latter part of the eighteenth century.

Of or pertaining to the style called rococo; like rococo; florid; fantastic.

Fanciful but graceful asymmetric ornamentation in art and architecture that originated in France in the 18th century

Having excessive asymmetrical ornamentation;