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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 Marriage Contract 1768 - Jan Jozef, the Younger Horemans - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Marriage Contract 1768
Jan Jozef, the Younger Horemans
Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1775 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1775
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Dr Syntax at the Funeral of his Wife, from The Tour... - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dr Syntax at the Funeral of his Wife, from The Tour...
Thomas Rowlandson
Interrogations in Jail (Interrogatorio in carcere) - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
Interrogations in Jail (Interrogatorio in carcere)
Alessandro Magnasco
Still Life, c.1731-33 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life, c.1731-33
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Interior of the Lower Ambulatory of the Colosseum,... - John Robert Cozens - www.rococo-in-art.org
Interior of the Lower Ambulatory of the Colosseum,...
John Robert Cozens
The Brenta Canal At Padua - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Brenta Canal At Padua
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The House of Cards, c.1736-37 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The House of Cards, c.1736-37
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
David Garrick (1717-79) as Abel Drugger in The Alchemist... - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
David Garrick (1717-79) as Abel Drugger in The Alchemist...
Johann Zoffany
The Piazza della Signoria in Florence c. 1742, Oil... - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Piazza della Signoria in Florence c. 1742, Oil...
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
Piazza San Marco Looking Toward San Geminiano - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Piazza San Marco Looking Toward San Geminiano
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Portrait Of Lionel Sackville  1st Duke Of Dorset (1688... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait Of Lionel Sackville 1st Duke Of Dorset (1688...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Pandreitje in Bruges 1778 - Jan Antoon Garemijn - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Pandreitje in Bruges 1778
Jan Antoon Garemijn
Still-Life with Two Rabbits 1750-55 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still-Life with Two Rabbits 1750-55
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Annunciation (study) 1794 - Franz Anton Maulbertsch - www.rococo-in-art.org
Annunciation (study) 1794
Franz Anton Maulbertsch
Cupid Plucking the Wings of Time - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Cupid Plucking the Wings of Time
Richard Cosway
Abbé de Saint-Non (Fanciful Figure) 1769 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Abbé de Saint-Non (Fanciful Figure) 1769
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Ceiling decoration (detail) 1782 - Franz Anton Maulbertsch - www.rococo-in-art.org
Ceiling decoration (detail) 1782
Franz Anton Maulbertsch
Adoration of the Shepherds (detail) 1758 - Franz Anton Maulbertsch - www.rococo-in-art.org
Adoration of the Shepherds (detail) 1758
Franz Anton Maulbertsch
A View of Karakakooa, in Owyhee, engraved by W. Byrne - John Webber - www.rococo-in-art.org
A View of Karakakooa, in Owyhee, engraved by W. Byrne
John Webber
Imaginary View Of Venice - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Imaginary View Of Venice
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
William Henry West Betty 1806 - John Smart - www.rococo-in-art.org
William Henry West Betty 1806
John Smart
Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck at the Spinet 1775 - Joseph Siffrein Duplessis - www.rococo-in-art.org
Cristoph Wilibald von Gluck at the Spinet 1775
Joseph Siffrein Duplessis
The Molo    Looking West - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Molo Looking West
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
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