The French period had many different design elements to its overall time period. The period that was the most interesting was the French Neoclassical style. The Neoclassical style evolved from the time of 1760-1789. This was the time that architecture began to evolve once again. Architecture began to stray away from those of secular form and now used more rectangular forms. The curves of the Baroque began to fall away during this period and the use of straight lines and box shapes were more commonly placed throughout the architecture.
One of my favorite buildings during this time is the Petit Trianon. As we went over this structure in class, I grew a great admiration of the overall use of architecture and design within this piece of architecture. The most interesting part of this structure was the use of lines and rectangular shapes rather than curves, which was then the most common form of design in architecture. The colors of this period were more subdued and masculine; there was much use of gold, deep reds, as well as whites and neutrals. Below are images of the grand structure.
For current and modern day applications of the French Neoclassical style, one can see this style almost everywhere. See images below. All images display the use of rectangluar shapes and straight lines versus the curves and round shapes of past French periods.
For the French period I chose to view Flor and Dana's blogs. Flor also discussed the Neoclassical period and how it was inspired by the greeks. She also showed how the neoclassical period had less ornamentation and more austere than past periods of French design. In Dana's blog she discussed the Regency period and how it was a short period with a huge impact on design. During this period she discussed the loss of symmetry and the use of the cabriole leg in furniture. Overall, I learned new things from each period of French design.
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Below is a video of neoclassical design. I like this video because it has a slide of images that display the use of lines, squares, and rectangles that were used in this period. It gives a great sense of the general French Neoclassic period.
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