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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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Detail of ceiling painting - Antonio Zucchi - www.rococo-in-art.org
Detail of ceiling painting
Antonio Zucchi
Family Meal 1757 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Family Meal 1757
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
The Indifferent Man 1717 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Indifferent Man 1717
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Dancer with a Bouquet - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dancer with a Bouquet
Jean-Frederic Schall
Match to Powerkeg (Le feu aux poudres) 1763-64 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Match to Powerkeg (Le feu aux poudres) 1763-64
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Attributes of the Arts, 1765 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Attributes of the Arts, 1765
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Miss Susanna Gale, 1763-64 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Miss Susanna Gale, 1763-64
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Captain John Foote of the Hon. East India Company,... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Captain John Foote of the Hon. East India Company,...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Girl Reclining (Louise O'Murphy) 1751 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Girl Reclining (Louise O'Murphy) 1751
François Boucher
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1757 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1757
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Stolen Kiss (1) (detail) 1787-89 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Stolen Kiss (1) (detail) 1787-89
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Shepherdess - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Shepherdess
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Heads of Angels  1787 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Heads of Angels 1787
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Lady Elizabeth Delme and her Children 1777-80 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Elizabeth Delme and her Children 1777-80
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Sir Gregory Page Turner 1768 - Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni - www.rococo-in-art.org
Sir Gregory Page Turner 1768
Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni
The Progress of Love: The Pursuit 1773 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Progress of Love: The Pursuit 1773
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Brown Boy - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Brown Boy
Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Rape of Europa c. 1725 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rape of Europa c. 1725
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Colossus of Rhodes, detail of the statue straddling... - Georg Balthasar Probst - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Colossus of Rhodes, detail of the statue straddling...
Georg Balthasar Probst
The Birth of Venus (detail) 1740 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Birth of Venus (detail) 1740
François Boucher
Brown Odalisque (L'Odalisque Brune) 1745 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Brown Odalisque (L'Odalisque Brune) 1745
François Boucher
The Rising of the Sun 1753 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rising of the Sun 1753
François Boucher
Peasants Eating out of Doors, from the Foresteria Guesthouse... - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Peasants Eating out of Doors, from the Foresteria Guesthouse...
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Shepherd And Shepherdess Dancing - Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg - www.rococo-in-art.org
Shepherd And Shepherdess Dancing
Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg
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