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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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Bacchanalian Scene 1710s - Alessandro Magnasco - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bacchanalian Scene 1710s
Alessandro Magnasco
Still Life Mixed Flowers and Fruit with Birds Nest - Jan van Os - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life Mixed Flowers and Fruit with Birds Nest
Jan van Os
Bacchus and Ariadne - Jacopo (Giacomo) Amigoni - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bacchus and Ariadne
Jacopo (Giacomo) Amigoni
Abraham and the Three Angels - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Abraham and the Three Angels
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
A Cavalcade in the Winter Riding School of the Vienna... - Martin II Mytens or Meytens - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Cavalcade in the Winter Riding School of the Vienna...
Martin II Mytens or Meytens
Indolence (La Paresseuse Italienne) 1756 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
Indolence (La Paresseuse Italienne) 1756
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons 1773 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Lady Cockburn and her Three Eldest Sons 1773
Sir Joshua Reynolds
The Colossus of Rhodes, second Wonder of the World - Georg Balthasar Probst - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Colossus of Rhodes, second Wonder of the World
Georg Balthasar Probst
The Stolen Kiss (1) (detail) 1787-89 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Stolen Kiss (1) (detail) 1787-89
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Miss Constable 1787 - George Romney - www.rococo-in-art.org
Miss Constable 1787
George Romney
Madame Greuze - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
Madame Greuze
Jean Baptiste Greuze
A Jester - Philipe Mercier - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Jester
Philipe Mercier
Still Life of Kitchen Utensils - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life of Kitchen Utensils
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Psyche and Cupid ceiling panel from the Salon de la... - Charles Joseph Natoire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Psyche and Cupid ceiling panel from the Salon de la...
Charles Joseph Natoire
The Sleep of Venus and Cupid 1806 - Marie-Constance Mayer - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Sleep of Venus and Cupid 1806
Marie-Constance Mayer
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Habsburg-Lothringen 1743... - Martin II Mytens or Meytens - www.rococo-in-art.org
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Habsburg-Lothringen 1743...
Martin II Mytens or Meytens
La Place des Victoires, Paris, c.1789 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Place des Victoires, Paris, c.1789
Thomas Rowlandson
The Contrast 1793 British Liberty and French Liberty... - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Contrast 1793 British Liberty and French Liberty...
Thomas Rowlandson
The Rage of Achilles 1757 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rage of Achilles 1757
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Marie-Madeleine Guimard (Fanciful Figure) 1769 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Marie-Madeleine Guimard (Fanciful Figure) 1769
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Elegant Company Preparing for a Masked Ball 1770s - Luis Paret Y Alcazar - www.rococo-in-art.org
Elegant Company Preparing for a Masked Ball 1770s
Luis Paret Y Alcazar
Archduchess Maria Christine Habsburg-Lothringen (1742... - Johann Zoffany - www.rococo-in-art.org
Archduchess Maria Christine Habsburg-Lothringen (1742...
Johann Zoffany
Dancer with a Feather Hat - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dancer with a Feather Hat
Jean-Frederic Schall
A Young Girl Reading c. 1776 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Young Girl Reading c. 1776
Jean-Honore Fragonard
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