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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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A Bachante, engraved and pub. by John Raphael Smith... - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Bachante, engraved and pub. by John Raphael Smith...
Sir Joshua Reynolds
View of the Pantheon, the Farnese Hercules and other... - Giovanni Paolo Panini - www.rococo-in-art.org
View of the Pantheon, the Farnese Hercules and other...
Giovanni Paolo Panini
Napoleon and skeleton, 18th - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Napoleon and skeleton, 18th
Thomas Rowlandson
Jack Tar Admiring the Fairer Sex - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
Jack Tar Admiring the Fairer Sex
Thomas Rowlandson
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 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
A Group of Antiquaries - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Group of Antiquaries
Thomas Rowlandson
Sophie Fanny Lordon 1820 - Marie-Constance Mayer - www.rococo-in-art.org
Sophie Fanny Lordon 1820
Marie-Constance Mayer
Shooting Sea Horses, 1785 - John Webber - www.rococo-in-art.org
Shooting Sea Horses, 1785
John Webber
Campo Santa Maria Formosa c. 1735 - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Campo Santa Maria Formosa c. 1735
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
La Brioche (Cake) 1763 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Brioche (Cake) 1763
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Merry Company in the Open Air 1716-19 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Merry Company in the Open Air 1716-19
Jean-Antoine Watteau
Death on a Pale Horse 1796 - Benjamin West - www.rococo-in-art.org
Death on a Pale Horse 1796
Benjamin West
A Fencing Duel, probably depicting The Chevalier dEon... - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Fencing Duel, probably depicting The Chevalier dEon...
Thomas Rowlandson
The Minuet or Carnival Scene - Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Minuet or Carnival Scene
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
A Fiesta in a Botanical Garden, 1775 - Luis Paret Y Alcazar - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Fiesta in a Botanical Garden, 1775
Luis Paret Y Alcazar
A Hitt at Backgammon - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Hitt at Backgammon
Thomas Rowlandson
Diana Resting after her Bath (detail) 1742 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana Resting after her Bath (detail) 1742
François Boucher
Piazza San Marco Ii - (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto - www.rococo-in-art.org
Piazza San Marco Ii
(Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
A Kick Up at a Hazard Table, pub. by J. Harris, 1787 - Thomas Rowlandson - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Kick Up at a Hazard Table, pub. by J. Harris, 1787
Thomas Rowlandson
The Widow and Her Priest 1784 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Widow and Her Priest 1784
Jean Baptiste Greuze
Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase (detail) - Jan Frans Eliaerts - www.rococo-in-art.org
Bouquet of Flowers in a Sculpted Vase (detail)
Jan Frans Eliaerts
Young Woman With A Bouquet Of Roses - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Young Woman With A Bouquet Of Roses
François Boucher
La Pêche chinoise 1742 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Pêche chinoise 1742
François Boucher
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