FR 197 Study Guide - Final Guide: Le Classique, Louis Jolliet, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
3 Apr 2016
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Fr 197: language and culture of france - origins to 1715. 10a la splendour et le pouvoir: le classique et le baroque: architecture of the 17th c. Two important artistic trends: classical and baroque. Influenced by the greco-roman antiquityreproduce ancient rome and ancient. To see is at the centre of classic art. Baroque art is contrary to classic artsearch for incessant movementinterest in the body, clothes moving in the windaesthetic of disorderan effort of complexity. Royal administration prefers the classic style but the artists use both forms of art in a parallel way: civil architecture. In 1649, louis 14 decides to transfer the royal administration of paris to versailles where there are hunting territories: religious architecture. The symmetry of windows on each side of the central doors. Allows the clergy and religious men to be viewed: military architecture. More important in the medieval era than in 17th c1600s. Used in the battles against montpellier and other western cities.
