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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 Pasha - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Pasha
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Cajoler 1707-08 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Cajoler 1707-08
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Wedding of Frederick Barbarossa c.1123-1190 to... - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Wedding of Frederick Barbarossa c.1123-1190 to...
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Les Plaisirs du bal (Pleasures of the Ball) - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Les Plaisirs du bal (Pleasures of the Ball)
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Death of Cook, 1779 - John Webber - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Death of Cook, 1779
John Webber
A Gentleman c. 1790 - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Gentleman c. 1790
Richard Cosway
Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas 1757 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas 1757
François Boucher
Battle Scene - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Battle Scene
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Les Charmes de la Vie (The Music Party) c. 1718 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Les Charmes de la Vie (The Music Party) c. 1718
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Good Education, 1753 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Good Education, 1753
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Young Fortune Teller - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Young Fortune Teller
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Nymphs Satyrs and Putti - Francesco Monti - www.rococo-in-art.org
Nymphs Satyrs and Putti
Francesco Monti
L'Accordée de Village 1761 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
L'Accordée de Village 1761
Jean Baptiste Greuze
The Martyrdom of St Agatha c. 1756 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Martyrdom of St Agatha c. 1756
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Diana's Return from the Hunt - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana's Return from the Hunt
François Boucher
Vauxhall Gardens from Ackermanns Microcosm of London... - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Vauxhall Gardens from Ackermanns Microcosm of London...
Thomas Rowlandson
Gilles and his Family c. 1716 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Gilles and his Family c. 1716
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Nursing Madonna  1320-30 - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
Nursing Madonna 1320-30
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
The Sacrifice of Polyxena - Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger
La Perspective (View through the Trees in the Park... - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Perspective (View through the Trees in the Park...
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Group of Connoisseurs - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Group of Connoisseurs
Richard Cosway
The Fortune Tellers 1710 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Fortune Tellers 1710
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Villa Farnese, Rome - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Villa Farnese, Rome
Hubert Robert
Portrait of Lord Rockingham 1730-82 and Edmund Burke... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of Lord Rockingham 1730-82 and Edmund Burke...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
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