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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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Between Chamonix and Martigny, 1776 - John Robert Cozens - www.rococo-in-art.org
Between Chamonix and Martigny, 1776
John Robert Cozens
A Fencing Match, 1788 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Fencing Match, 1788
Thomas Rowlandson
The Anxious Lover 1719 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Anxious Lover 1719
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Lady Worsley, c.1775-79 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Worsley, c.1775-79
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Rape of Europa - Francesco Zuccarelli - www.rococo-in-art.org
Rape of Europa
Francesco Zuccarelli
Venus Appearing to Aeneas on the Shores of Carthage... - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus Appearing to Aeneas on the Shores of Carthage...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Faun 1707-08 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Faun 1707-08
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Meeting of Vortigern and Rowena - John Hamilton Mortimer - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Meeting of Vortigern and Rowena
John Hamilton Mortimer
The Champs-Elysees 1719 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Champs-Elysees 1719
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Annunciation - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
Annunciation
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
View of Krakowskie Przedmiescie from Ulica Nowy Swiat... - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of Krakowskie Przedmiescie from Ulica Nowy Swiat...
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
Illustration showing figures wearing Japanese apparel... - Jean-Baptiste Pillement - www.rococo-in-art.org
Illustration showing figures wearing Japanese apparel...
Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Healing of a Sick Man at the Pool of Bethesda, c.1718... - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Healing of a Sick Man at the Pool of Bethesda, c.1718...
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Capriccio  Ruins and Classic Buildings 1730s - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Capriccio Ruins and Classic Buildings 1730s
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Pulcinella with Acrobats, c.1793 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pulcinella with Acrobats, c.1793
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Allegory of the Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December... - Antoine-Francois Callet - www.rococo-in-art.org
Allegory of the Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December...
Antoine-Francois Callet
Summer 1717 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Summer 1717
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Rialto Bridge From The South - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rialto Bridge From The South
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
La Brioche (Cake) 1763 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Brioche (Cake) 1763
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess... - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Apollo Revealing his Divinity before the Shepherdess...
François Boucher
A Halt During the Chase 1720 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Halt During the Chase 1720
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Woman Reading a Book - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Woman Reading a Book
Jean-Frederic Schall
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
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Habsburg-Lothringen 1743... - Martin II Mytens or Meytens - www.rococo-in-art.org
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Habsburg-Lothringen 1743...
Martin II Mytens or Meytens
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