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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 Storm - Louis-Joseph Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Storm
Louis-Joseph Watteau
A colonnaded thermal building, the roof partly open... - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
A colonnaded thermal building, the roof partly open...
Hubert Robert
Rome- View of the Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano... - Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto) - www.rococo-in-art.org
Rome- View of the Piazza di San Giovanni in Laterano...
Bernardo Bellotto (Canaletto)
The Confession of Love 1771 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Confession of Love 1771
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Family Meal 1757 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Family Meal 1757
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
The Nightwatchman - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Nightwatchman
Thomas Rowlandson
La Pêche chinoise 1742 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Pêche chinoise 1742
François Boucher
The Pleasures of the Ball 1717 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Pleasures of the Ball 1717
Jean-Antoine Watteau
La Danse Champêtre (Pastoral Dance) - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Danse Champêtre (Pastoral Dance)
Jean-Antoine Watteau
St Elizabeth Distributing Alms 1734 - Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger - www.rococo-in-art.org
St Elizabeth Distributing Alms 1734
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger
Wet Nurse Interrupted - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Wet Nurse Interrupted
Thomas Rowlandson
Italian Comedians c. 1720 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Italian Comedians c. 1720
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Dancer with a Rose Decolletage - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dancer with a Rose Decolletage
Jean-Frederic Schall
Portrait of Marechale Lannes, Duchesse de Montebello... - Marguerite Gerard - www.rococo-in-art.org
Portrait of Marechale Lannes, Duchesse de Montebello...
Marguerite Gerard
The Colossus of Rhodes, detail of the statue straddling... - Georg Balthasar Probst - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Colossus of Rhodes, detail of the statue straddling...
Georg Balthasar Probst
The Transplanting of Teeth, cartoon - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Transplanting of Teeth, cartoon
Thomas Rowlandson
Minuet 1756 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Minuet 1756
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
A Young Man in a Hat  1750s - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Young Man in a Hat 1750s
Jean Baptiste Greuze
The Minuet or Carnival Scene - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Minuet or Carnival Scene
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Marquise de Pompadour at the Toilet-Table 1758 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Marquise de Pompadour at the Toilet-Table 1758
François Boucher
A Game of Billiards, c.1720-26 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Game of Billiards, c.1720-26
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
The Queens Theatre from the Rotunda, Stowe House, Bucks... - Jacques Rigaud - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Queens Theatre from the Rotunda, Stowe House, Bucks...
Jacques Rigaud
Thetis Consoling Achilles 1757 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Thetis Consoling Achilles 1757
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
The Fish Dinner 1788 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Fish Dinner 1788
Thomas Rowlandson
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