FRENCH BAROQUE

• creation by division


  series of simple repetitions rhythmically marked off by the repetition of the large windows- which expresses the fundamental values of Baroque art
• French Baroque


  -assymetrical compositions

  -powerful effects of movement

  -strong lighting and dramatic

  -France's Golden Age
• Palace of Versailles


  by Le Brun, Jules Mansart and Le Vau; most famous royal chateau in France; example of 'creation by division

  
• Louvre Palace


  by Le Vau and Claude Perrault; formal seat of government to the end of Ancient Regime
• Church of Val de Grace


  church built by queen anne after the birth of louis the XIV; projecting portal by francois mansart; dome by le mercier.

  
• Characteristics of French Baroque interior


  -first of purely native styles

  -Enfilade (public-private)

  -suites at each end

  -furni placed near a wall

  -chinese imported wallpaper

  -crystal or carved wood chandelier

  -Colors: rich, vivid, violet, red, green, gold, silver
• Fireplace


  Ornamented w/ cartouche, swags, scrolls, and various classical elements
• Andre Charles Boulle


  appointed cabinet maker
• near a wall


  In French Baroque Interior, furniture pieces was mostly place where? (as most activities took place with people standing)
• Salone


  living room/parlor; conversational gathering
• Apartment


  Antechamber, chamber, cabinet
• Ceilings in French Baroque interiors


  1. Flat/ barrel/ dome-vaulted with a cove from wall to ceiling

  2. Painting, fresco, stucco
• Doors and windows in French Baroque interiors


  1. Trims were architecturally treated w/ heavy moulding

  2. Crowned w/ cornice
• Floors in French Baroque interiors


  Wood parquet or black and white marble
• Accessories in French Baroque interiors

  Busts, hanging mirrors, oriental pottery, terracotta urns, statues, tapestries
• Ebeniste


  French word for a cabinet-maker; someone who makes with ebony
• Ebeniste du roi


  Cabinet maker entitled to the king
• Characteristics of French Baroque Furniture


  1. Bombe form

  2. Curved legs and stretchers
• Bombe Form


  curving on the side profile of the furniture

  
• Boulle work


  made with a ground of tortoise shell inlay with brass.
• Ormolu


  a gold-colored alloy of copper, zinc, and sometimes tin, cast into desired shapes and often gilded, used especially in the 18th century for decorating furniture and making ornaments.
• Marquetry


  Inlay of wood on wood
• Vernis Martin


  Process of varnishing, reproduced Chinese lacquer
• Scagliola


  Faux marble made of gypsum, ground alabaster or ground selenite, glue, and pigments. Worked like clay to form table tops and other decorative features.
• French Baroque Motifs


  Sunburst, double LL in oval, satyr mask, dolphins, sphinxes, ancient weapons
• Sunburst Motif


  characteristic of Baroque church metalwork, especially monstrances and votive crowns
• Seggiolone (French Baroque)


  large chair of gilded wood
• Fauteuil Chair


  style of open-arm chair with a primarily exposed wooden frame originating in France during the early 17th century
• Lit d' ange/ Angel Bed


  a bed with tester that floats like an angel over the bed but with no posts

  
• armoire


  storage cabinet
• Commode de Tambeau


  tambour shaped commode

  
• Tabouret (Stool)


  upholstered stool