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Rococo (less commonly roccoco) is a style of 18th century French art and interior design. Rococo rooms were designed as total works of art with elegant and ornate furniture, small sculptures, ornamental mirrors, and tapestry complementing architecture, reliefs, and wall paintings. It was largely supplanted by the Neoclassic style.

The word Rococo is seen as a combination of the French rocaille, or stone garden (referring to arranging stones in natural forms like shells), and the Italian barocco, or Baroque style. Due to Rococo love of shell-like curves and focus on decorative arts, some critics used the term to derogatively imply that the style was frivolous or merely modish; when the term was first used in English in about 1836, it was a colloquialism meaning "old-fashioned". However, since the mid 19th century, the term has been accepted by art historians. While there is still some debate about the historical significance of the style to art in general, Rococo is now widely recognized as a major period in the development of European art.

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Shepherd And Shepherdess Dancing - Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg - www.rococo-in-art.org
Shepherd And Shepherdess Dancing
Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg
Still Life - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Flower-Woman in Red Apron - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Flower-Woman in Red Apron
Jean-Frederic Schall
The Toilette - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Toilette
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Merry Company in the Open Air 1716-19 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Merry Company in the Open Air 1716-19
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Italian Park - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Italian Park
Hubert Robert
A Young Girl Reading c. 1776 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Young Girl Reading c. 1776
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Mars reposing in the lap of Venus, c.1805-15 - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mars reposing in the lap of Venus, c.1805-15
Richard Cosway
Captain Bligh - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Captain Bligh
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Gregory Page Turner 1768 - Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni - www.rococo-in-art.org
Sir Gregory Page Turner 1768
Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni
Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons 1773 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons 1773
Sir Joshua Reynolds
A Little Tighter, pub. by S.W. Fores, 1791 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Little Tighter, pub. by S.W. Fores, 1791
Thomas Rowlandson
Race - Miguel Cabera - www.rococo-in-art.org
Race
Miguel Cabera
A Caprice with a Hermitage, 1796 - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Caprice with a Hermitage, 1796
Hubert Robert
Alexander Pope and his dog, Bounce, c.1718 - Jonathan Richardson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Alexander Pope and his dog, Bounce, c.1718
Jonathan Richardson
Archimedes - Giuseppe Nogari - www.rococo-in-art.org
Archimedes
Giuseppe Nogari
Portrait of Louis XVI 1788 - Antoine-Francois Callet - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of Louis XVI 1788
Antoine-Francois Callet
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1689-1762 - Jonathan Richardson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 1689-1762
Jonathan Richardson
Circe and Ulysses - Camillo Paderni - www.rococo-in-art.org
Circe and Ulysses
Camillo Paderni
Architectural Capriccio with temple and obelisk, 1798 - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Architectural Capriccio with temple and obelisk, 1798
Hubert Robert
Summer Pastoral 1749 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Summer Pastoral 1749
François Boucher
Sin, Death and the Devil 1792 - James Gillray - www.rococo-in-art.org
Sin, Death and the Devil 1792
James Gillray
The Visit Of Venus To Vulcan - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Visit Of Venus To Vulcan
François Boucher
The Dance 1716-18 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Dance 1716-18
Jean-Antoine Watteau
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