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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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Girl with Racket and Shuttlecock, c.1740 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Girl with Racket and Shuttlecock, c.1740
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Bacchus and Ariadne - Jacopo (Giacomo) Amigoni - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bacchus and Ariadne
Jacopo (Giacomo) Amigoni
Madame de Pompadour 1758 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Madame de Pompadour 1758
François Boucher
The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy 1773 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy 1773
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Studies of Facial Expressions - Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki - www.rococo-in-art.org
Studies of Facial Expressions
Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki
The Promenade 1791 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Promenade 1791
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Blond Odalisque (L'Odalisque Blonde) 1752 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Blond Odalisque (L'Odalisque Blonde) 1752
François Boucher
Venus and Vulcan 1762-66 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus and Vulcan 1762-66
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
A Jester - Philipe Mercier - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Jester
Philipe Mercier
Love Me  Love My Dog - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Love Me Love My Dog
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Allegory of the Planets and Continents 1752 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Allegory of the Planets and Continents 1752
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
A Lady c. 1790 - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Lady c. 1790
Richard Cosway
Still Life of Kitchen Utensils - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life of Kitchen Utensils
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Effects of Good Government in the Countryside (detail... - Ambrogio Lorenzetti - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Effects of Good Government in the Countryside (detail...
Ambrogio Lorenzetti
Diana - Edward Calvert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana
Edward Calvert
Diana Bathing 1721 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana Bathing 1721
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Sir Robert Walpole 1676-1745 - Jonathan Richardson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Sir Robert Walpole 1676-1745
Jonathan Richardson
A Halt During the Chase 1720 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Halt During the Chase 1720
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Bellerophon on Pegasus (detail-2) 1746-47 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bellerophon on Pegasus (detail-2) 1746-47
Giovanni Battista 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
The Cardinal's first visit - Victor Caccidrelli - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Cardinal's first visit
Victor Caccidrelli
The Fish Dinner 1788 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Fish Dinner 1788
Thomas Rowlandson
The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rest On The Flight Into Egypt
François Boucher
The Rape of Helen, c.1740-60 - Johann Georg Platzer - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rape of Helen, c.1740-60
Johann Georg Platzer
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