Rococo room decoration is hierarchical; which statement best reflects this concept?

• A. All rooms receive identical decoration
• B. Only private rooms are decorated
• C. The most important spaces are larger and more lavish
• D. Decoration is unrelated to space hierarchy

Answer: (C)

Rococo interiors express social order through how space is decorated: the most important rooms are made larger and lavishly ornamented to impress guests and reflect status, while private or less public spaces are smaller and more restrained. This approach shows how decoration follows function and position within a house or palace, using scale and richness to signal hierarchy. That’s why the statement that the most important spaces are larger and more lavish best reflects the concept. The other ideas run counter to this pattern, which ties ornament to who is meant to see and use each room.