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French Rococo

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In 1720s Louis VX began to rule France
In the 18th century a new social attitude began to assert itself; the direction was toward relaxation & pleasure and this was followed by subsequent changes in arts.

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French Rococo contrast from French Baroque

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Pursuit of pleasure and happiness
A great rejection against regularité, formality and dullness

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Madame de Pompadour

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Louis XV’s mistress / was interested in arts & design: patronage of arts

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This is the first time in history when a woman had power over arts and design.

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Madame de Pompadour

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Aesthetics of the period relied on…

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feminine forms with curvilinear lines.

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Aesthetic theories were developed during rococo

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Line of beauty was thought to be found in a woman’s body.

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Things are beautiful as they have these kinds of curved & soft lines

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Rococo designers used three-dimensional free-flowing curves.

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In 18th century, interest in nature increased. This resulted in…

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novel views in literature and philosophy (Jean-Jack Rousseau-French enlightenment, democracy & natural rights.)

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Rococo was almost exclusively a style for…

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the court, aristocracy and the nouveaux riches.

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Rococo is an interior design style, but not…

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It was not effective on exterior facades. It is the first time in history when interior design takes its own path.

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Did Rococo focus on large or small changes

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rejecting previous design, but not huge changes to infrastructure and city planning

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FRENCH ROCOCO MAJOR THEMEs

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Feminine influences, Fascination with nature, Overcome of decoration, Furniture becomes the synthesis of art, Gendered spaces, Functionalism controls interiors

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Feminine influences

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Smaller, casual, intimate apartments (rooms)
space wanted to feel like it had no corners
General softening of ornamental style

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The design of furniture becomes…

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more conducive to conversation
(lighter, better scaled and easy to move pieces)
Sense of self / gives user power
Greater attention to comfort
previously about self-control
bodily comfort is not as displinted

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what do people think when thinking about French furniture

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Rococo furniture

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Fascination with nature

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Nature overcomes architectural grid through idealized nature representations, and asymmetrical forms

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Overcome of decoration

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The architectural framework of interiors begins to dissolve in Rococo
hide how the structure is working or where windows end and begin
Disintegration of interiors and architecture

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Rococo furniture ornament

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Even if a piece of furniture is composed of a number of pieces, the structure is hidden under ornamentation
The structure is subverted to design and ornament

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Rococo Furniture becomes…

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the synthesis of art / Sculptural pieces

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Gendered spaces

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Separate wings

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Functionalism controls interiors

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Disengagement of stories for convenience and comfort
It is not possible to tell the second floor plan by looking at the first floor plan

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Military losses in wars with England led to financial constraints on royal building projects.

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Louis XV period was more concerned with more modest projects: townhouses (for aristocracy and upper middle-class), renovation of interior

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French design periods

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Baroque, Regency, Rococo

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FRENCH BAROQUE

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(1660-1715) Louis XIV

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FRENCH REGENCY

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(1715-1723) Transitional period

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FRENCH ROCOCO

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(1723-1774) Louis XV

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Important types of rooms/concepts for Rococo

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Apartments de Parade
Apartments de Commoditie
Dégagement

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Apartments de Parade

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Parade rooms for formal entertaining

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Apartments de Commoditie

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More comfortable, & convenient living rooms

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Dégagement

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Disengaging of service portions of the plan

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Rocaille

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Rockwork

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Coquille

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Shell work

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Convenance

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Convenience, comfort, fitness, suitability, ease in function. A word that expresses Louis XV. Period VERY IMPORTANT / STAPLE OF ROCOCO

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Trummeau

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Paintings within the framework of panels

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Boiserie

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Carved & gilded woodwork

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Chinoiserie

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Chinese influence

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Turquerie

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Turkish influence

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Lacquerwork / Japanning

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A black enamel or lacquer used to produce a durable glossy finish

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Savonnerie

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Machine made piled carpet. By 1671 the Savonnerie carpet factory was promoted by Louis XIV.

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Aubusson

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A tapestry or usually pileless, densely patterned carpet woven in Aubusson, France.

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Hotel de Soubise ON EXAM

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Greek temple like
corinthian columns
human figures / more natural
renaissance facade
used greece and Rome as precedents
rococo interiors

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Hotel de Soubise

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Paris 1720 - 1740’s

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Hotel de Soubise designers

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Gabriel-Germain Boffrand and Charles Natoire

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Hotel de Soubise is one of the best…

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Rococo interiors

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Concetto

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free standing garden pavilion

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Hotel de Soubise illusion by designers

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Designers gave the illusion of a garden pavillion by utilizing mirrors
These mirrors in panels implied the idea of opening to nature

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Hotel de Soubise wall elevation is…

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Highly artificial/ false windows

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Hotel de Soubise: last room on the sequence of enfilade

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Salon Ovale

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Hotel de Soubise decorative elements

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Decorative elements illusionistically detaches themselves from the architectural context.

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Le Salon de la Princesse in Hotel de Soubise

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Intended to feel like a circle
soften interior to eliminate corners
furniture looks very slim and has the material needed for structure and comfort only

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Is Le Salon de la Princesse symmetrical?

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seems symmetrical, but is not
statues different
paintings different

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Le Salon de la Princesse mirror

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carving looks like it grows onto the mirror
mirror and wall almost blend in / overlap

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Rococo notion

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Mischievous, playful

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Rococo Furniture

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specificity - designed for a specific function, a specific room and a specific location
comfort - bodily comfort becomes an important concern

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Rococo Sofa

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Sofas are articles of furniture that are not merely luxuries: they contribute much to comfort; and in our artificial state of society, are sometimes essential to health. … The sofa appears to be originally an eastern fashion, probably taken from the divan, which is a part of the floor raised a little above in the Turkish and Persian houses, and having a continued seat along the wall, covered with mattresses, about three feet wide

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Lit a la Turque

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turkish bed
1750-1760
delicate and intricate carvings

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Bombe

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swell front chest

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Rococo interior

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Highly decorated
place to get ready and do makeup
writing desks to write letters
furniture piece that looks like a bed or seat

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Bergere

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closed arm upholstered chair

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Fauteuil

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Chair with arms upholstered

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tabouret

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foot stool or seat
HAS WHEELS CAN BE ZOOMABLE

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chaise lounge

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long chair or reclining chair
very informal
one piece or two pieces that could be separate of together

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Bureau and chaise

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desk
writings letters, diary, business paper work
Industrial Revolution coming soon = increased business

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J. H. Fragonard

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Rococo Painter 1732-1806

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J. H. Fragonard famous paintings

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The Pursuit of Love 1771
The Swing 1767

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The Pursuit of Love 1771 and The Swing 1767 Rococo themes

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Both within nature / little architecture
nature is overpowering the scene
playful, mischievous
movement

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Baroque Paintings

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exterior space
classical architecture
little nature
less movement
dramatic lighting

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French Rococo summary

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free flowing curves / nature like
not limited to geometry
Playful, mischievous
Movement
Illusions with interiors

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