HISTORY9: FRENCH BAROQUE

French Baroque

Became the official architectural style in France during the 17th-18th Century

Le Roi Soleil

Word which translates to Sun King

Nicholas Fouquet

France Finance minister who built the Chateau Vaux- Le- Vicomte as a tribute to Louis XIV

Palace of Versailles

Became the benchmark of Baroque Architecture because of its unprecedented scale and grandeur. It featured hundreds of rooms. By: Le Brun, Jules Mansart and Le Vau

Palais de Louvre

The formal seat of power in France before Louis XIV moved the Versailles in 1682. It the remained as the formal seat of government to the end of the Ancient regime

Church of Val de Grace

A church built for Queen Anne after the birth of Louis XIV. The projecting portal was made by Francois Mansard and the dome by Le Mercier.

French baroque

was conceived at the renovation at the Versailles. The first of the purely native styles

Andre Charles Boulle

appointed master cabinet maker to Louis XIV

Ormolu

gilden bronze work

Boiserie

French term for carved wood panelling

Boulle work

inlay technique of Boulle using shell, brass, silver or pewter.

Premier partie

a pattern of brass and pewter on a tortoiseshell background

Contrapartite

tortoiseshell pattern on a background of pewter or brass

Marquetry

made by small pieces cut of wood to make intricate design

Vernis martin

dark varnish taken from Chinese lacquer

Scagliola

Faux painting technique imitating marble

Bombe form

curving on the side profile of the furniture

Royal bed

set behind proscenium arch in an alcove and separated from the main body of the room by a balustrade beyond which only specified persons could step

Ruelles

spaces on each side of the royal bed

Segellione

A Louis XIV chair gilded with bronze

Angel bed

canopy floats above the bed with no posts

Fauteuil

Chair with open arms

French regency

the transition period from Louis XIV style to the feminine style of Louis XV