RENAISSANCE ARCHITECTURE IN EUROPE

RENAISSANCE ARCHIRECTURE in FRANCE

Architectural Characters:

1. Picturesque

2. Verticality

3. Civic Design

4. Garden Planning

5. Dormer Window- used to increase the usable space in a loft and to create window openings in a roof plane.

6. Mansard Roof- (also called a French Roof or Curb Roof) four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper

7. Rococo /Rocaille Style (Late Baroque) - characterized by soft colors (pastel) and curvy lines, and depicts scenes of love, nature, amorous encounters, light-hearted entertainment, and youth

   • Rococo was the special forte of Juste Aurele Meissonnier

     
     

     
     

     
     

     
     

   Features of Rococo / Rocaille:

   • Elaborate ornamentation

   • Scrolls and curves

   • Asymmetrical elements

   • Pastel colors (this really make it rococo)

   
   

   Examples:

   
   

   PALAIS DE LOUVRE (Musee de Louvre) 1190

   • by Pierre Lescot is one of the most imposing palaces in
     Europe

   • turned into a
     Renaissance "palace" over time

   • became a museum in 1793 with stunning artworks collection

   
   

   PALAIS DE VERSAILLES

   • was built for Louis XIV by Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin Mansart

   • started as a small hunting lodge

   • palace was built with irresponsible extravagance unparalleled in its magnificence and splendor

   • famous for its "Galerie des Glaces (Hall of Mirrors)
     by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in a lavish interior of marble and goldwork

   • designed by Andre Le Notre with plants, waters and fountains

   • gardens represent the finest extant exarple of French garden design