French Baroque architecture

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French Baroque architecture is a grand, richly ornamented 17th–18th century architectural style in France characterized by dramatic forms, bold massing, and elaborate decorative detail, exemplified by monumental royal and religious buildings.

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Label Occurrences
French Baroque 14
French Baroque architecture canonical 6
Louis XIV style 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque architecture
architectural style
architecturalElement balustrades and statuary
colossal orders
cour d'honneur
enfilade of rooms
formal gardens aligned on axes
grand staircases
rusticated ground floors
countryOfOrigin France
endTime 18th century
followedBy French Rococo architecture
linked to: Rococo architecture

Neoclassical architecture
follows French Renaissance architecture
linked to: French Renaissance

Renaissance architecture
hasCharacteristic bold massing
complex rooflines
domes and pavilions
dramatic forms
elaborate decorative detail
emphasis on symmetry
grand scale
integration of architecture and landscape
monumentality
rich interior decoration
rich ornamentation
sculptural decoration
strong axial planning
theatricality
use of classical orders
inception 17th century
influenced European Baroque architecture
French Neoclassical architecture
French Rococo architecture
linked to: Rococo architecture
influencedBy French classical tradition
Italian Baroque architecture
Renaissance classicism
notableArchitect André Le Nôtre
Claude Perrault
François Mansart
Jules Hardouin-Mansart
Louis Le Vau
notableWork Church of the Val-de-Grâce
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte
Les Invalides
Louvre Colonnade
Palace of Versailles
Place Vendôme
Place des Victoires
period early reign of Louis XV
reign of Louis XIII
reign of Louis XIV
linked to: Reign of Louis XIV
usedFor religious buildings
royal palaces
state institutions
urban planning ensembles

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Hôtel des Invalides architecturalStyle French Baroque architecture
Jules Hardouin-Mansart style French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Sorbonne Chapel architecturalStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Ceiling decorations of the Galerie d’Apollon in the Louvre artMovement Louis XIV style
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Hôtel de Rohan architecturalStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte architecturalStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Robert de Cotte architecturalStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Louis Le Vau movement French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Château de Versailles architecturalStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Russian Baroque architecture influencedBy French Baroque architecture
Église du Dôme architecturalStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Joseph Effner influencedBy French Baroque architecture
Nicodemus Tessin the Elder influencedBy French Baroque architecture
Balthasar Neumann influencedBy French Baroque architecture
François Mansart movement French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Jules Hardouin-Mansart architecturalStyle French Baroque
subject linked to: comte de Sagonne
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Château de Marly architecturalStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Jacques Lemercier movement French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Prussian Baroque influencedBy French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Atlantes of the Pavillon de l’Horloge, Marseille architecturalStyle French Baroque
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Ancien Régime in Paris hasArchitectureStyle French Baroque architecture