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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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Court Banquet in the Great Antechamber of the Hofburg... - Martin II Mytens or Meytens - www.rococo-in-art.org
Court Banquet in the Great Antechamber of the Hofburg...
Martin II Mytens or Meytens
The Entrance to the Tuileries from the Place Louis... - Jacques-Philip-Joseph de Saint-Quentin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Entrance to the Tuileries from the Place Louis...
Jacques-Philip-Joseph de Saint-Quentin
The Young Schoolmistress c. 1736 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Young Schoolmistress c. 1736
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Sacrifice of Polyxena - Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger
Pulcinella on Holiday - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pulcinella on Holiday
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Self Portrait With his Daughter, Maria Theresa and... - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
Self Portrait With his Daughter, Maria Theresa and...
Johann Zoffany
Illustration from The Sorrows of Werther by Johann... - Jean-Michel Moreau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Illustration from The Sorrows of Werther by Johann...
Jean-Michel Moreau
Portrait of Francis George Hare, oldest son of Francis... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of Francis George Hare, oldest son of Francis...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lunch on the Field - Francisco Bayeu Y Subias - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lunch on the Field
Francisco Bayeu Y Subias
Nelly O'Brien 1762 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Nelly O'Brien 1762
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Three-Quarter Length Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing... - Giovanni Maria delle, called Mulinaretto Piane - www.rococo-in-art.org
Three-Quarter Length Portrait of a Gentleman Wearing...
Giovanni Maria delle, called Mulinaretto Piane
The Brioche or The Dessert, 1763 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Brioche or The Dessert, 1763
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Christ on the Cross - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Christ on the Cross
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Madame Theodore Lacroix Drawing a Portrait of her Daughter... - Jean Valade - www.rococo-in-art.org
Madame Theodore Lacroix Drawing a Portrait of her Daughter...
Jean Valade
A Hitt at Backgammon - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Hitt at Backgammon
Thomas Rowlandson
Shooting Sea Horses, 1785 - John Webber - www.rococo-in-art.org
Shooting Sea Horses, 1785
John Webber
Billingsgate Fish Market, pub. by Thomas Tegg, 1796 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Billingsgate Fish Market, pub. by Thomas Tegg, 1796
Thomas Rowlandson
A Cart Race, pub. by William Holland, 1789 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Cart Race, pub. by William Holland, 1789
Thomas Rowlandson
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
Naiads and Triton ~1763 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Naiads and Triton ~1763
François Boucher
The Ray or, The Kitchen Interior, 1728 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Ray or, The Kitchen Interior, 1728
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
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
A Student 1757 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Student 1757
Jean Baptiste Greuze
The Death of Hyacinth 1752-53 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Death of Hyacinth 1752-53
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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