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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 Fonteghetto Della Farina - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Fonteghetto Della Farina
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Apollo and the Continents (Africa, left-hand side)... - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Apollo and the Continents (Africa, left-hand side)...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Moat of the Zwinger in Dresden 1749-53 - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Moat of the Zwinger in Dresden 1749-53
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
Seated Nude 1738 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Seated Nude 1738
François Boucher
Wild Duck With Olive Jar - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Wild Duck With Olive Jar
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Lounge at the Old Print Shop, Oxford - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Lounge at the Old Print Shop, Oxford
Thomas Rowlandson
The Dutton Family (approx. 1765) - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Dutton Family (approx. 1765)
Johann Zoffany
Portrait Of Charles Fitzroy  1st Baron Southampton... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait Of Charles Fitzroy 1st Baron Southampton...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Drovers and Shepherdesses in an Idyllic Pastoral Landscape - Isaac de Moucheron - www.rococo-in-art.org
Drovers and Shepherdesses in an Idyllic Pastoral Landscape
Isaac de Moucheron
London   Westminster Bridge Under Repair - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
London Westminster Bridge Under Repair
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
A Shepherd's Hut between Naples and Portici - John Robert Cozens - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Shepherd's Hut between Naples and Portici
John Robert Cozens
Still-Life with Jar of Olives 1760 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still-Life with Jar of Olives 1760
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Main Region, Germany, c.1750 - Christian Georg the Elder Schuetz - www.rococo-in-art.org
Main Region, Germany, c.1750
Christian Georg the Elder Schuetz
The Death of Wolfe  (detail) 1770 - Benjamin West - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Death of Wolfe (detail) 1770
Benjamin West
Christ and Godfather 1758 - Franz Anton Maulbertsch - www.rococo-in-art.org
Christ and Godfather 1758
Franz Anton Maulbertsch
The Painter In His Studio - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Painter In His Studio
François Boucher
Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy 1761 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy 1761
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Entrance to the Grand Canal- Looking East 1744 - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Entrance to the Grand Canal- Looking East 1744
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The Laundry Woman - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Laundry Woman
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Pierrot and Couples - Giuseppe Zais - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pierrot and Couples
Giuseppe Zais
La Ratisseuse (Woman Paring Turnips), 1738 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Ratisseuse (Woman Paring Turnips), 1738
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Observant Friars in the Refectory 1736-37 - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Observant Friars in the Refectory 1736-37
Alessandro Magnasco
Return from the Market 1739 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Return from the Market 1739
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
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