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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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Arrival of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-78 in the Elysian... - Jean-Michel Moreau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Arrival of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-78 in the Elysian...
Jean-Michel Moreau
Allegory Of Bad Government (detail) - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
Allegory Of Bad Government (detail)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Lavinia Bingham, 2nd Countess Spencer - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lavinia Bingham, 2nd Countess Spencer
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Offering Of Fruits To Moon Goddess 1757 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Offering Of Fruits To Moon Goddess 1757
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Summer Stroll 1757 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Summer Stroll 1757
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Peasants At Rest 1757 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Peasants At Rest 1757
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Christ and the Woman taken in Adultery
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
The Spoiled Child  1765 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Spoiled Child 1765
Jean Baptiste Greuze
The Rape of Europa 1732-34 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rape of Europa 1732-34
François Boucher
Young Woman in a White Hat  1780 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
Young Woman in a White Hat 1780
Jean Baptiste Greuze
The Scullery Maid, 1738 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Scullery Maid, 1738
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Effects Of Bad Government On The City Life (detail) - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
Effects Of Bad Government On The City Life (detail)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
The Presentation in the Temple 1342 - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Presentation in the Temple 1342
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Devonshire House, Piccadilly - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Devonshire House, Piccadilly
Thomas Rowlandson
Marie-Therese de Savoie-Carignan (1749-92) Princess... - Antoine-Francois Callet - www.rococo-in-art.org
Marie-Therese de Savoie-Carignan (1749-92) Princess...
Antoine-Francois Callet
The Waltz - A. Zoffoli - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Waltz
A. Zoffoli
St Elizabeth Distributing Alms 1734 - Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger - www.rococo-in-art.org
St Elizabeth Distributing Alms 1734
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger
The Toilet of Venus 1751 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Toilet of Venus 1751
François Boucher
Master Hare 1788-89 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Master Hare 1788-89
Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Virgin of Humility 1375-80 - Cenni Di Francesco Di Ser Cenni - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Virgin of Humility 1375-80
Cenni Di Francesco Di Ser Cenni
Venus and Mars c.1790 - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus and Mars c.1790
Richard Cosway
Diana and Actaeon 1785 - Martin Johann Schmidt - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana and Actaeon 1785
Martin Johann Schmidt
The Broken Mirror 1763 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Broken Mirror 1763
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase - Jan Frans Eliaerts - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase
Jan Frans Eliaerts
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