Zusammenfassung der Ressource
DIRECTOIRE, FRENCH EMPIRE
- DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS
- Directoire 1789-1799
- Louis XVI
- Ancient Greece/Rome
- Formal, heavier scale
- Egyptian/Roman motifs appear
- lozenges, rosettes, spirals, oak leaf, clasped hands
- Motifs
- leaf, swag, rinceau, rosette
- scroll, arabesque, lyre
- Empire 1804-1815
- Egypt/Rome
- Pompous, formal, masculine.
- Reveals more change than architecture
- Consulate
- Rich reds/blues/greens
- ARCHITECTURE
- Arc de Triomphe
- La Madeleine
- pediment, corinthian columns
- Rue de Rivoli
- INTERIORS
- wall decorations
- simplicity, muted colors,delicate decoration
- LIGHTING
- Candelabra
- applique
- cristeaux
- FURNISHINGS
- Sofas & sets of chairs
- round tables w/ basins
- rolled-over back, saber legged chairs
- winged sphinx, tassels, swans
- applied ornamentation
- large flat surfaces
- Beds: fluted columns, geometric carving in low relief
- Brocades, damasks, velvets, printed cottons