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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 Birth of Venus 1740 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Birth of Venus 1740
François Boucher
The Go-Between, 1780 - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Go-Between, 1780
Jean-Frederic Schall
Mrs Fitzherbert, engraved and pub. by Jean Conde (1725... - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mrs Fitzherbert, engraved and pub. by Jean Conde (1725...
Richard Cosway
Bellerophon on Pegasus (detail-2) 1746-47 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bellerophon on Pegasus (detail-2) 1746-47
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Chamonix and Martigny - John Robert Cozens - www.rococo-in-art.org
Chamonix and Martigny
John Robert Cozens
Rustic Town, 1822 - Edward Calvert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Rustic Town, 1822
Edward Calvert
Still Life of Fruit and a Glass, 1759 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life of Fruit and a Glass, 1759
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
A Boy as Pierrot 1776-80 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Boy as Pierrot 1776-80
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Nativity - Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre - www.rococo-in-art.org
Nativity
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre
The Love Letter 1770s - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Love Letter 1770s
Jean-Honore Fragonard
The Last Words of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-78 at... - Jean-Michel Moreau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Last Words of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-78 at...
Jean-Michel Moreau
Sacrilegious Robbery (Furto sacrilego) - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
Sacrilegious Robbery (Furto sacrilego)
Alessandro Magnasco
Gilles 1718-20 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Gilles 1718-20
Jean-Antoine Watteau
King Lear, 1788 - Benjamin West - www.rococo-in-art.org
King Lear, 1788
Benjamin West
Boy with Dogs - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Boy with Dogs
Richard Cosway
Miss Franks c. 1790 - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Miss Franks c. 1790
Richard Cosway
Mrs. Musters as Hebe 1785 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mrs. Musters as Hebe 1785
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Napoleon and skeleton, 18th - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Napoleon and skeleton, 18th
Thomas Rowlandson
Portrait of a Woman  1795 - Angelica Kauffmann - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of a Woman 1795
Angelica Kauffmann
A Cry for a Cat - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Cry for a Cat
Thomas Rowlandson
The Triumph of Bacchus - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Triumph of Bacchus
Charles Joseph Natoire
St. Thecla Liberating the City of Este from the Plague... - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
St. Thecla Liberating the City of Este from the Plague...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
A Lady seated at a table writing a letter - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Lady seated at a table writing a letter
Richard Cosway
Dragon Screen Japanese 1781 - Maruyama Okyo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dragon Screen Japanese 1781
Maruyama Okyo
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