其特征是：具有微细、轻巧、华丽和繁琐的装饰性；运用C形、S形或漩涡形的曲线 和轻淡柔和的色彩。影响及于十八世纪的欧洲各国，为腐朽没落的封建贵族服务。在十八世纪上半叶，成为风行欧洲的主要倾向。
它在形成过程中，曾受中国清代工艺美术的影响，在庭园布置、室内装饰 、丝织品、瓷器、漆器等方面，表现尤为显著。
建筑方面，以法国巴黎苏比斯府第（ Hotel de Soubise） 和德国波茨但无愁官为代表。
绘画方面法国代表人物有
华托(Antoine Watteau,1684-1721)、
布歇(Francois Boucher,1703-1770)、
弗拉戈纳尔(Jean-Honore‘ fragonard,1732-1806)为代表。
代表作品
洛可可美术最卓越的代表是华铎的《发舟西苔岛》（又译《舟发西苔岛》、《乘船去西特尔岛》）。
画中题材是取自当时的一个歌剧，描写一群贵族男女，梦寐以求地幻想有一个无忧无虑的爱情乐园。

It is characterized with a fine, lightweight, gorgeous and cumbersome decoration; using C shape, S shape or scroll shaped curves and pastel shades. European countries impact on eighteenth Century, as the decadent feudal aristocratic service. In the first half of the eighteenth Century, it became a major trend in europe.
It is in the process of formation, effect was Chinese in Qing Dynasty, arts and crafts, in the garden layout, interior decoration, silk, porcelain, lacquer, etc., is particularly significant.
The building, in France, Paris mansion (Hotel de Soubise) soubise and Germany but no worry for Representative Officer potts.
French representative figures in painting
Watteau (Antoine Watteau 1684-1721),
Boucher 1703-1770 (Francois),
Fragonard (Jean-Honore 'Fragonard, 1732-1806) as representative.
Representative works
The most outstanding representative Rococo art is Watteau's "boat citera" (also translated as "boat", "send citera by boat to ance island").
The theme of the painting was taken from an opera at that time, describing a group of aristocratic men and women.