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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 Molo    Looking West - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Molo Looking West
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The Piazzetta Looking North The Campanile Under Repair - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Piazzetta Looking North The Campanile Under Repair
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The Piazzetta Looking Towards S  Maria Della Salute - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Piazzetta Looking Towards S Maria Della Salute
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
View Of San Giovanni Dei Battuti At Murano - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
View Of San Giovanni Dei Battuti At Murano
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The Piazzetta To The South - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Piazzetta To The South
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
London The Old Horse Guards From St James S Park - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
London The Old Horse Guards From St James S Park
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
View of the Villa Cagnola at Gazzada near Varese 1744 - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of the Villa Cagnola at Gazzada near Varese 1744
Bernardo Bellotto (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
The Entrance to Blossac Park in Poitiers - Gaspard Duche De Vancy - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Entrance to Blossac Park in Poitiers
Gaspard Duche De Vancy
The Grand Canal Seen From Rialto Toward The North - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Grand Canal Seen From Rialto Toward The North
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Dresden, the Frauenkirche and the Rampische Gasse 1749... - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dresden, the Frauenkirche and the Rampische Gasse 1749...
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
The Grand Canal From Rialto Toward The North - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Grand Canal From Rialto Toward The North
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Portrait Of George Townshend  Lord Ferrers (1755  ... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait Of George Townshend Lord Ferrers (1755 ...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Pirna Seen from the Harbour Town (detail) 1753-55 - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pirna Seen from the Harbour Town (detail) 1753-55
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
The Fast Day Meal - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Fast Day Meal
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Grand Canal Near The Ponte Di Rialto - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Grand Canal Near The Ponte Di Rialto
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
Pirna Seen from the Harbour Town 1753-55 - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pirna Seen from the Harbour Town 1753-55
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
Self-Portrait - Antonio Gonzalez Velazquez - www.rococo-in-art.org
Self-Portrait
Antonio Gonzalez Velazquez
Dresden from the Right Bank of the Elbe, above the... - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dresden from the Right Bank of the Elbe, above the...
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
New Market Square in Dresden from the Jüdenhof 1749... - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
New Market Square in Dresden from the Jüdenhof 1749...
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
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