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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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Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase (detail) - Jan Frans Eliaerts - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase (detail)
Jan Frans Eliaerts
La Pêche chinoise 1742 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Pêche chinoise 1742
François Boucher
The Swing of Pulcinella 1791-93 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Swing of Pulcinella 1791-93
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
The Colosseum, Rome - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Colosseum, Rome
Hubert Robert
Queen Charlotte Sophia (1744-1818) wife of King George... - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
Queen Charlotte Sophia (1744-1818) wife of King George...
Johann Zoffany
St Michael 1330-35 - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
St Michael 1330-35
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Master Thomas Lister The Brown Boy, 1764 2 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Master Thomas Lister The Brown Boy, 1764 2
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Effects of Good Government on the City Life (detail... - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
Effects of Good Government on the City Life (detail...
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Votive Offering to Cupid 1767 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
Votive Offering to Cupid 1767
Jean Baptiste Greuze
A Farmhouse at Hengar, Cornwall, 1803 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Farmhouse at Hengar, Cornwall, 1803
Thomas Rowlandson
Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess... - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess...
François Boucher
The Oath of St Louis of Toulouse 1324-27 - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Oath of St Louis of Toulouse 1324-27
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
L'Accordée de Village (detail) 1761 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
L'Accordée de Village (detail) 1761
Jean Baptiste Greuze
A Church Displayed to a Traveller in an Extensive Landscape - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Church Displayed to a Traveller in an Extensive Landscape
Hubert Robert
Venus and Adonis - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus and Adonis
Charles Joseph Natoire
Dancer with a Feather Hat - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dancer with a Feather Hat
Jean-Frederic Schall
Cajoler 1707-08 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Cajoler 1707-08
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Lady Sunderlin 1786 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Sunderlin 1786
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Marguerite Gerard 1793 - Francois Dumont - www.rococo-in-art.org
Marguerite Gerard 1793
Francois Dumont
The Storm - Louis-Joseph Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Storm
Louis-Joseph Watteau
'Tis not Antiques Alone can Please the Eye, pub. by... - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
'Tis not Antiques Alone can Please the Eye, pub. by...
Thomas Rowlandson
A Gentleman c. 1790 - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Gentleman c. 1790
Richard Cosway
A Mythological Subject - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Mythological Subject
Richard Cosway
Jesus Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda... - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Jesus Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda...
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
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