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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 Scullery Maid, 1738 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Scullery Maid, 1738
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
An Avalanche in the Alps  1803 - Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg - www.rococo-in-art.org
An Avalanche in the Alps 1803
Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg
Rumor Erat In Casa (There Was A Commotion In The House)... - Cornelis Troost - www.rococo-in-art.org
Rumor Erat In Casa (There Was A Commotion In The House)...
Cornelis Troost
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
Psyche And Her Two Sisters - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Psyche And Her Two Sisters
Jean-Honore Fragonard
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
Death on a Pale Horse 1775 - John Hamilton Mortimer - www.rococo-in-art.org
Death on a Pale Horse 1775
John Hamilton Mortimer
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, c.1725 - Jonathan Richardson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, c.1725
Jonathan Richardson
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
Mrs Abington as Miss Prue in Congreves Love for Love... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mrs Abington as Miss Prue in Congreves Love for Love...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Romantic garden scene - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Romantic garden scene
Hubert Robert
The Rape of Europa 1732-34 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rape of Europa 1732-34
François Boucher
Allegory Of Bad Government (detail) - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
Allegory Of Bad Government (detail)
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Venus and Adonis - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus and Adonis
Charles Joseph Natoire
Mount Vesuvius Erupting - Pierre-Jacques Volaire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mount Vesuvius Erupting
Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Restoration Dressing Room c.1789 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Restoration Dressing Room c.1789
Thomas Rowlandson
Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces 1765 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces 1765
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Brown Boy - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Brown Boy
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Tiger Screen Japanese 1781 - Maruyama Okyo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Tiger Screen Japanese 1781
Maruyama Okyo
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
Shepherdess - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Shepherdess
Jean-Honore Fragonard
The Race between Hippomenes and Atalanta 1762-65 - Noel Halle - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Race between Hippomenes and Atalanta 1762-65
Noel Halle
The Queens Lady-in-Waiting - Jean-Michel Moreau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Queens Lady-in-Waiting
Jean-Michel Moreau
Venus and Mars c.1790 - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus and Mars c.1790
Richard Cosway
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