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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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George Biggins' Ascent in Lunardi' Balloon 1785 - Julius Caesar Ibbetson - www.rococo-in-art.org
George Biggins' Ascent in Lunardi' Balloon 1785
Julius Caesar Ibbetson
Still Life With Copper Pan And Pestle And Mortar - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life With Copper Pan And Pestle And Mortar
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Grand Canal With The Rialto Bridge In The Background - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Grand Canal With The Rialto Bridge In The Background
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Kaiser Joseph II - Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni - www.rococo-in-art.org
Kaiser Joseph II
Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni
The Education of the Virgin c. 1772 - Louis Lagrenee - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Education of the Virgin c. 1772
Louis Lagrenee
The House of Cards 2 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The House of Cards 2
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Lady in a Brown Robe c. 1785 - George Romney - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady in a Brown Robe c. 1785
George Romney
The Officers' Mess or The Remains of a Lunch, 1763 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Officers' Mess or The Remains of a Lunch, 1763
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Travellers at a Well  1769 - Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg - www.rococo-in-art.org
Travellers at a Well 1769
Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg
Grand Canal    Looking Northeast From Palazo Balbi... - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Grand Canal Looking Northeast From Palazo Balbi...
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Portrait of the Comte d'Angiviller 1779 - Joseph Siffrein Duplessis - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of the Comte d'Angiviller 1779
Joseph Siffrein Duplessis
Grand Canal   The Rialto Bridge From The South - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Grand Canal The Rialto Bridge From The South
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Herzog Friedrich II, 1729 - Christian Schilbach - www.rococo-in-art.org
Herzog Friedrich II, 1729
Christian Schilbach
The Palace of the Late Nabob of Arcot, Madras, plate... - Colonel Francis Swain Ward - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Palace of the Late Nabob of Arcot, Madras, plate...
Colonel Francis Swain Ward
View of Dresden from the Right Bank of the Elbe with... - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of Dresden from the Right Bank of the Elbe with...
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
General Lord George Henry Lennox - Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni - www.rococo-in-art.org
General Lord George Henry Lennox
Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni
Christ Adored by Two Nuns c. 1715 - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
Christ Adored by Two Nuns c. 1715
Alessandro Magnasco
Copper Cauldron with a Pitcher and a Slice of Salmon - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Copper Cauldron with a Pitcher and a Slice of Salmon
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Apollo and the Continents (America, left-hand side)... - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Apollo and the Continents (America, left-hand side)...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Dressing Table - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Dressing Table
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Seascape in a storm - Jean-Baptiste Pillement - www.rococo-in-art.org
Seascape in a storm
Jean-Baptiste Pillement
The Masked Ball Given by the King 1745 - Charles-Nicolas II Cochin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Masked Ball Given by the King 1745
Charles-Nicolas II Cochin
Portrait of Cornelia Foscolo Balbi 1740-42 - Marianna Carlevaris - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of Cornelia Foscolo Balbi 1740-42
Marianna Carlevaris
View of Gazzada near Varese 1744 - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of Gazzada near Varese 1744
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
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