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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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Fetes Venitiennes 1718-19 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Fetes Venitiennes 1718-19
Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Broken Mirror 1763 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Broken Mirror 1763
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen  1773 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Ladies Adorning a Term of Hymen 1773
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Group Portrait of the Colmore Family - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
Group Portrait of the Colmore Family
Johann Zoffany
Septimius Severus and Caracalla 1769 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
Septimius Severus and Caracalla 1769
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Bacchanalian Scene 1710s - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bacchanalian Scene 1710s
Alessandro Magnasco
Collina - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Collina
Sir Joshua Reynolds
A Masquerade Ball - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Masquerade Ball
Charles Joseph Natoire
Diana - Edward Calvert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana
Edward Calvert
Jesus Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda... - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Jesus Healing the Paralytic at the Pool of Bethesda...
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
View of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1770s - Pierre-Jacques Volaire - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius 1770s
Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Madame Greuze - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
Madame Greuze
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Introducing the Heir - A. Zoffoli - www.rococo-in-art.org
Introducing the Heir
A. Zoffoli
Madame de Pompadour 1758 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Madame de Pompadour 1758
François Boucher
The Birth of Venus (detail) 1740 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Birth of Venus (detail) 1740
François Boucher
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
Plunder of the King's Wine Cellar, 10th August 1792 - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
Plunder of the King's Wine Cellar, 10th August 1792
Johann Zoffany
Anastasia Ivanovna, Countess of Hessen-Homberg, Princess... - Alexander Roslin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Anastasia Ivanovna, Countess of Hessen-Homberg, Princess...
Alexander Roslin
Simplicity Dawson - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Simplicity Dawson
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Cupid Unfastens the Belt of Venus 1788 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Cupid Unfastens the Belt of Venus 1788
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase - Jan Frans Eliaerts - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase
Jan Frans Eliaerts
The Progress of Love: The Meeting 1773 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Progress of Love: The Meeting 1773
Jean-Honore Fragonard
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1757 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Sacrifice of Iphigenia 1757
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Studies of Facial Expressions - Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki - www.rococo-in-art.org
Studies of Facial Expressions
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
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