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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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Apotheosis of a Hungarian Saint 1773 - Franz Anton Maulbertsch - www.rococo-in-art.org
Apotheosis of a Hungarian Saint 1773
Franz Anton Maulbertsch
The Rape of Europa (detail) 1740-50 - Francesco Zuccarelli - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rape of Europa (detail) 1740-50
Francesco Zuccarelli
Venus And Cupid -  - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus And Cupid
Madame Boucher 1743 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Madame Boucher 1743
François Boucher
View of the Roman Forum, 1747 - Giovanni Paolo Panini - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of the Roman Forum, 1747
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Girl Reclining (Louise O'Murphy) 1751 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Girl Reclining (Louise O'Murphy) 1751
François Boucher
Brown Odalisque (L'Odalisque Brune) 1745 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Brown Odalisque (L'Odalisque Brune) 1745
François Boucher
The Waltz - A. Zoffoli - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Waltz
A. Zoffoli
Louis XVI (1754-93) - Antoine-Francois Callet - www.rococo-in-art.org
Louis XVI (1754-93)
Antoine-Francois Callet
A British Gun Brig chasing a French Chasse Maree - Charles Martin Powell - www.rococo-in-art.org
A British Gun Brig chasing a French Chasse Maree
Charles Martin Powell
A Little Tighter, pub. by S.W. Fores, 1791 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Little Tighter, pub. by S.W. Fores, 1791
Thomas Rowlandson
The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Ghost... - Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Nativity with God the Father and the Holy Ghost...
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger
Master Hare 1788-89 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Master Hare 1788-89
Sir Joshua Reynolds
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
'La gamme d'amour' (The Love Song) c. 1717 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
'La gamme d'amour' (The Love Song) c. 1717
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Death on a Pale Horse 1775 - John Hamilton Mortimer - www.rococo-in-art.org
Death on a Pale Horse 1775
John Hamilton Mortimer
Mount Vesuvius Erupting - Pierre-Jacques Volaire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mount Vesuvius Erupting
Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Dancer with a Bouquet - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dancer with a Bouquet
Jean-Frederic Schall
Psyche And Her Two Sisters - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Psyche And Her Two Sisters
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Bacchanal 1747 - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bacchanal 1747
Charles Joseph Natoire
Romantic garden scene - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Romantic garden scene
Hubert Robert
Diana and Actaeon 1785 - Martin Johann Schmidt - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana and Actaeon 1785
Martin Johann Schmidt
Mercury, Herse and Aglauros, 1763 - Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mercury, Herse and Aglauros, 1763
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre
Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen  1773 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen 1773
Sir Joshua Reynolds
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