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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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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
Still Life - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Diana Resting after her Bath 1742 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana Resting after her Bath 1742
François Boucher
Mars reposing in the lap of Venus, c.1805-15 - Richard Cosway - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mars reposing in the lap of Venus, c.1805-15
Richard Cosway
Miss Constable 1787 - George Romney - www.rococo-in-art.org
Miss Constable 1787
George Romney
Allegory of the Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December... - Antoine-Francois Callet - www.rococo-in-art.org
Allegory of the Battle of Austerlitz, 2nd December...
Antoine-Francois Callet
The Sacrifice of Polyxena - Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Sacrifice of Polyxena
Giovanni Battista Pittoni the younger
A Cry for a Cat - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Cry for a Cat
Thomas Rowlandson
7th Lord Lauderdale, 1759 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
7th Lord Lauderdale, 1759
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Race - Miguel Cabera - www.rococo-in-art.org
Race
Miguel Cabera
Mercury, Herse and Aglauros, 1763 - Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mercury, Herse and Aglauros, 1763
Jean-Baptiste-Marie Pierre
Sin, Death and the Devil 1792 - James Gillray - www.rococo-in-art.org
Sin, Death and the Devil 1792
James Gillray
The Triumph of Marcus Aurelius AD 121-180 - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Triumph of Marcus Aurelius AD 121-180
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
Collina - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
Collina
Sir Joshua Reynolds
A Young Girl Reading c. 1776 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Young Girl Reading c. 1776
Jean-Honore Fragonard
The Duchess of Devonshire and her Sister, the Countess... - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Duchess of Devonshire and her Sister, the Countess...
Thomas Rowlandson
Les Charmes de la Vie (The Music Party) c. 1718 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Les Charmes de la Vie (The Music Party) c. 1718
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Allegory of Science - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Allegory of Science
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
A Boxing Match - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Boxing Match
Thomas Rowlandson
The Swing 1767 - Jean-Honore Fragonard - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Swing 1767
Jean-Honore Fragonard
Flower-Woman in Red Apron - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Flower-Woman in Red Apron
Jean-Frederic Schall
Still Life with a Basket of Peaches, White and Black... - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
Still Life with a Basket of Peaches, White and Black...
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Mount Vesuvius Erupting - Pierre-Jacques Volaire - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mount Vesuvius Erupting
Pierre-Jacques Volaire
Venus and Cupid 1785 - Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus and Cupid 1785
Pompeo Gerolamo Batoni
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