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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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Bellerophon on Pegasus 1746-47 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bellerophon on Pegasus 1746-47
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Boxing Match Between Thomas Johnson and Isaac Perrins - Conrad Martin Metz - www.rococo-in-art.org
Boxing Match Between Thomas Johnson and Isaac Perrins
Conrad Martin Metz
Wet Nurse Interrupted - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Wet Nurse Interrupted
Thomas Rowlandson
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
The Queens Lady-in-Waiting - Jean-Michel Moreau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Queens Lady-in-Waiting
Jean-Michel Moreau
The Return of Olivia, vol. 2, chapter III from The... - Charles Reuben Ryley - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Return of Olivia, vol. 2, chapter III from The...
Charles Reuben Ryley
A Lady Taking Tea, 1735 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Lady Taking Tea, 1735
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
A Bacchante 1799, Ivory - Jacques-Jean- Baptiste Augustin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Bacchante 1799, Ivory
Jacques-Jean- Baptiste Augustin
Market - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
Market
Alessandro Magnasco
Marie-Madeleine Guimard (Fanciful Figure) 1769 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Marie-Madeleine Guimard (Fanciful Figure) 1769
Jean-Honore Fragonard
A Lady with a Dog - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Lady with a Dog
Jean-Frederic Schall
Bacchanal 1747 - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bacchanal 1747
Charles Joseph Natoire
Fetes Venitiennes 1718-19 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Fetes Venitiennes 1718-19
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Jeronimus Tonneman And His Son 1736 - Cornelis Troost - www.rococo-in-art.org
Jeronimus Tonneman And His Son 1736
Cornelis Troost
Nude on a Sofa (or Reclining Girl) - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Nude on a Sofa (or Reclining Girl)
François Boucher
Summer Pastoral 1749 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Summer Pastoral 1749
François Boucher
The Silver Goblet, c.1768 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Silver Goblet, c.1768
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Souvenir 1775-78 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Souvenir 1775-78
Jean-Honore Fragonard
The Rage of Achilles 1757 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rage of Achilles 1757
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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
A Basket Of Peaches - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Basket Of Peaches
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Tea Time - Jan Jozef, the Younger Horemans - www.rococo-in-art.org
Tea Time
Jan Jozef, the Younger Horemans
A Bookmaker and his client outside the Ram Inn, Newmarket - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Bookmaker and his client outside the Ram Inn, Newmarket
Thomas Rowlandson
Lady Sealing A Letter - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Sealing A Letter
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
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