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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 Cenotaph of Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712-78 in the... - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Cenotaph of Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712-78 in the...
Hubert Robert
The See-Saw - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The See-Saw
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Madonna of the Goldfinch c. 1760 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Madonna of the Goldfinch c. 1760
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Les Adieux 1783 - Nicolas Delaunay (see Launay, Nicolas de) - www.rococo-in-art.org
Les Adieux 1783
Nicolas Delaunay (see Launay, Nicolas de)
View of the Pantheon, the Farnese Hercules and other... - Giovanni Paolo Panini - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of the Pantheon, the Farnese Hercules and other...
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Classical Figure - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Classical Figure
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
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
Still Life with a Basket of Peaches, White and Black... - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life with a Basket of Peaches, White and Black...
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Jeronimus Tonneman And His Son 1736 - Cornelis Troost - www.rococo-in-art.org
Jeronimus Tonneman And His Son 1736
Cornelis Troost
The Bridge at Delle Navi, Verona - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Bridge at Delle Navi, Verona
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
A Catchpenny, or A Penny Slap Bang Shop - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Catchpenny, or A Penny Slap Bang Shop
Thomas Rowlandson
Pastorale (detail) 1761 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pastorale (detail) 1761
François Boucher
Campo San Rocco c. 1735 - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Campo San Rocco c. 1735
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Winter, rococo music sheet depicting a fancy dress... - Jeremias Wachsmuth - www.rococo-in-art.org
Winter, rococo music sheet depicting a fancy dress...
Jeremias Wachsmuth
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A "Lean Diet" with Cooking Utensils
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Promenade 1791 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Promenade 1791
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
An Italianate River Landscape - Francesco Zuccarelli - www.rococo-in-art.org
An Italianate River Landscape
Francesco Zuccarelli
The Lover Surprised, engraved by Charles Melchior Descourtis... - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Lover Surprised, engraved by Charles Melchior Descourtis...
Jean-Frederic Schall
Dr. Samuel Johnson 1709-84 1775 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dr. Samuel Johnson 1709-84 1775
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Venetian Pleasure 1718 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venetian Pleasure 1718
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Young Schoolmistress c. 1736 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Young Schoolmistress c. 1736
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Pulcinella on Holiday - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pulcinella on Holiday
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Louis XVI (1754-93) 1786 - Antoine-Francois Callet - www.rococo-in-art.org
Louis XVI (1754-93) 1786
Antoine-Francois Callet
Peasant Dance - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Peasant Dance
Jean-Antoine Watteau
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