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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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The Ladies Waldegrave, 1780 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Ladies Waldegrave, 1780
Sir Joshua Reynolds
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
A Masquerade Ball - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Masquerade Ball
Charles Joseph Natoire
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
The Contrast 1793 British Liberty and French Liberty... - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Contrast 1793 British Liberty and French Liberty...
Thomas Rowlandson
The Doctor is so severely bruised that cupping is judged... - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Doctor is so severely bruised that cupping is judged...
Thomas Rowlandson
Susanna and the Elders - Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni - www.rococo-in-art.org
Susanna and the Elders
Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni
Elysium, engraved by Augustin Le Grand - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Elysium, engraved by Augustin Le Grand
Jean-Frederic Schall
A Man of the Sandwich Islands - John Webber - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Man of the Sandwich Islands
John Webber
Thetis Consoling Achilles 1757 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Thetis Consoling Achilles 1757
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Georgiana, Countess Spencer with Lady Georgiana Spencer... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Georgiana, Countess Spencer with Lady Georgiana Spencer...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Effects Of Bad Government On The Countryside (detail) - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
Effects Of Bad Government On The Countryside (detail)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Venus and Adonis - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus and Adonis
Charles Joseph Natoire
Piazza San Marco   Looking South East - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Piazza San Marco Looking South East
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Pulcinella on Holiday - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pulcinella on Holiday
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
La Danse Champêtre (Pastoral Dance) - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Danse Champêtre (Pastoral Dance)
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Death on a Pale Horse 1775 - John Hamilton Mortimer - www.rococo-in-art.org
Death on a Pale Horse 1775
John Hamilton Mortimer
A Chemist in his Laboratory, or The Prompter, or A... - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Chemist in his Laboratory, or The Prompter, or A...
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
A British Gun Brig chasing a French Chasse Maree - Charles Martin Powell - www.rococo-in-art.org
A British Gun Brig chasing a French Chasse Maree
Charles Martin Powell
A Collector En Deshabille in his Study, 1768 - Venceslao Verlin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Collector En Deshabille in his Study, 1768
Venceslao Verlin
The Ecstasy of St Therese - Francesco Fontebasso - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Ecstasy of St Therese
Francesco Fontebasso
The Queens Theatre from the Rotunda, Stowe House, Bucks... - Jacques Rigaud - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Queens Theatre from the Rotunda, Stowe House, Bucks...
Jacques Rigaud
A Capriccio of a ruined temple by a bridge over a cascade... - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Capriccio of a ruined temple by a bridge over a cascade...
Hubert Robert
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