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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 Battle of La Hogue (detail) 1778 - Benjamin West - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Battle of La Hogue (detail) 1778
Benjamin West
Entombment of a Soldier - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
Entombment of a Soldier
Alessandro Magnasco
Landscape in Blue Monochrome 1780s - Joseph Siffrein Duplessis - www.rococo-in-art.org
Landscape in Blue Monochrome 1780s
Joseph Siffrein Duplessis
The Baron saluted Candide with some notable kicks on... - Jean-Michel Moreau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Baron saluted Candide with some notable kicks on...
Jean-Michel Moreau
Apollo and the Continents (Asia, obelisk group) 1752... - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Apollo and the Continents (Asia, obelisk group) 1752...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Rocky Coastal Landscape in a Storm 1771 - Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg - www.rococo-in-art.org
Rocky Coastal Landscape in a Storm 1771
Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg
The Scuola of San Marco 1738-40 - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Scuola of San Marco 1738-40
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
London   Westminster Abbey With A Procession Of Knights... - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
London Westminster Abbey With A Procession Of Knights...
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Wild Duck With A Seville Oraange - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Wild Duck With A Seville Oraange
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Cheating at Cards - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Cheating at Cards
Thomas Rowlandson
Landscape with a River and Dancing Peasants - Giuseppe Zais - www.rococo-in-art.org
Landscape with a River and Dancing Peasants
Giuseppe Zais
Storm at the Sea - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
Storm at the Sea
Alessandro Magnasco
Charles III Dining before the Court c. 1788 - Luis Paret Y Alcazar - www.rococo-in-art.org
Charles III Dining before the Court c. 1788
Luis Paret Y Alcazar
Mystic Marriage of St Catherine with St Therese - Francesco Fontebasso - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mystic Marriage of St Catherine with St Therese
Francesco Fontebasso
View of Vienna from the Belvedere 1759-60 - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of Vienna from the Belvedere 1759-60
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
The Leigh Family c. 1768 - George Romney - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Leigh Family c. 1768
George Romney
Domestic Pleasures - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Domestic Pleasures
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Two Young Men, 1803-04 - Jacques-Jean- Baptiste Augustin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Two Young Men, 1803-04
Jacques-Jean- Baptiste Augustin
Jean Calas (1698-1762) Bidding Farewell to his Family - Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki - www.rococo-in-art.org
Jean Calas (1698-1762) Bidding Farewell to his Family
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
Concert in an Interior 1764 - Jan Jozef, the Younger Horemans - www.rococo-in-art.org
Concert in an Interior 1764
Jan Jozef, the Younger Horemans
London Whitehall And The Privy Garden From Richmond... - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
London Whitehall And The Privy Garden From Richmond...
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Education is Everything 1780 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Education is Everything 1780
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Gypsies Boiling a Cauldron among Egyptian Ruins - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Gypsies Boiling a Cauldron among Egyptian Ruins
Hubert Robert
Still Life of Peaches, Nuts, Grapes and a Glass of... - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life of Peaches, Nuts, Grapes and a Glass of...
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
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