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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 Painter's Daughter, Adelaide Victorine c. 1785 - Peter Adolf Hall - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Painter's Daughter, Adelaide Victorine c. 1785
Peter Adolf Hall
Entry into Rome of Jerzy Ossolinski - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
Entry into Rome of Jerzy Ossolinski
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
The Children of Edward Hollen Cruttenden - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Children of Edward Hollen Cruttenden
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Still life of Vegetables for the Soup, c.1732 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still life of Vegetables for the Soup, c.1732
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Forest 1740 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Forest 1740
François Boucher
Voltaire Narrating a Fable - Jean Huber - www.rococo-in-art.org
Voltaire Narrating a Fable
Jean Huber
Aurora's Take Off - Louis Lagrenee - www.rococo-in-art.org
Aurora's Take Off
Louis Lagrenee
Portrait of R.H.A. Bennett Esq. of Northcourt, Beckenham... - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of R.H.A. Bennett Esq. of Northcourt, Beckenham...
Johann Zoffany
The Prayer before Meal (detail) before 1740 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Prayer before Meal (detail) before 1740
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
La Vigilia Di Santa Marta - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Vigilia Di Santa Marta
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Captain Andrew Frazer, R.E. (d.1792) architect of St... - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
Captain Andrew Frazer, R.E. (d.1792) architect of St...
Johann Zoffany
Foots-Cray Place in Kent the seat of Bourchier Cleeve... - William Woollett - www.rococo-in-art.org
Foots-Cray Place in Kent the seat of Bourchier Cleeve...
William Woollett
A Military Escapade, c.1794 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Military Escapade, c.1794
Thomas Rowlandson
The Tribuna of the Uffizi (detail) 1772-78 - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Tribuna of the Uffizi (detail) 1772-78
Johann Zoffany
Capriccio- River Landscape with a Column, a Ruined... - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Capriccio- River Landscape with a Column, a Ruined...
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Clair de Lune (Moonlight) 1777 - Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg - www.rococo-in-art.org
Clair de Lune (Moonlight) 1777
Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg
Apollo and the Continents (America, right-hand side)... - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Apollo and the Continents (America, right-hand side)...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Portrait Of Charles Turner  Sir William Lowther  Joseph... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait Of Charles Turner Sir William Lowther Joseph...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Attributes of Painting and Sculpture c. 1728 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Attributes of Painting and Sculpture c. 1728
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Portrait Of A Man - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait Of A Man
Jean-Honore Fragonard
The family of Charles Schaw, 9th Baron Cathcart (1721... - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
The family of Charles Schaw, 9th Baron Cathcart (1721...
Johann Zoffany
Venice   The Canale Di San Marco With The Bucintoro... - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venice The Canale Di San Marco With The Bucintoro...
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The Monkey Antiquarian - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Monkey Antiquarian
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Portrait of Madame de Sevigne, early 19th century - Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of Madame de Sevigne, early 19th century
Ennemond-Alexandre Petitot
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