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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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Imaginary View of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre in... - Hubert Robert - www.rococo-in-art.org
Imaginary View of the Grand Gallery of the Louvre in...
Hubert Robert
A Banquet in the House of Nanni in the Jewish Quarter - (after) Longhi, Pietro - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Banquet in the House of Nanni in the Jewish Quarter
(after) Longhi, Pietro
A British Gun Brig chasing a French Chasse Maree - Charles Martin Powell - www.rococo-in-art.org
A British Gun Brig chasing a French Chasse Maree
Charles Martin Powell
Venus Consoling Love 1751 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus Consoling Love 1751
François Boucher
The Rape of Europa c. 1725 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Rape of Europa c. 1725
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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
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
A Basket Of Peaches - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Basket Of Peaches
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Venus Demanding Arms from Vulcan for Aeneas, 1732 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Venus Demanding Arms from Vulcan for Aeneas, 1732
François Boucher
Allegory of the Surrender of Ulm, 20th October 1805 - Antoine-Francois Callet - www.rococo-in-art.org
Allegory of the Surrender of Ulm, 20th October 1805
Antoine-Francois Callet
Diana Resting after her Bath 1742 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana Resting after her Bath 1742
François Boucher
Epiphany (Le gateau des rois) 1774 - Jean Baptiste Greuze - www.rococo-in-art.org
Epiphany (Le gateau des rois) 1774
Jean Baptiste Greuze
The Laundry Woman 2 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
The Laundry Woman 2
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Dancer in Louis XVI costume - Jean-Frederic Schall - www.rococo-in-art.org
Dancer in Louis XVI costume
Jean-Frederic Schall
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
Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido... - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Aeneas Introducing Cupid Dressed as Ascanius to Dido...
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
A Lady Taking Tea, 1735 - Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Lady Taking Tea, 1735
Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
A Bacchante 1799, Ivory - Jacques-Jean- Baptiste Augustin - www.rococo-in-art.org
A Bacchante 1799, Ivory
Jacques-Jean- Baptiste Augustin
Pilgrimage to Cythera 1717 - Jean-Antoine Watteau - www.rococo-in-art.org
Pilgrimage to Cythera 1717
Jean-Antoine Watteau
7th Lord Lauderdale, 1759 - Sir Joshua Reynolds - www.rococo-in-art.org
7th Lord Lauderdale, 1759
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Mercury Appearing to Aeneas 1757 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo - www.rococo-in-art.org
Mercury Appearing to Aeneas 1757
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Diana Resting after her Bath (detail) 1742 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
Diana Resting after her Bath (detail) 1742
François Boucher
La Toilette 1742 - François Boucher - www.rococo-in-art.org
La Toilette 1742
François Boucher
Shepherd And Shepherdess Dancing - Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg - www.rococo-in-art.org
Shepherd And Shepherdess Dancing
Philip Jacques de Loutherbourg
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