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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
French Baroque 27
French Baroque architecture canonical 12
Louis XIV style 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (56)

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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Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
Pavillon de l’Horloge → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Château de Lunéville → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Galerie des Glaces → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Grand Salon of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte → architecturalStyle → French Baroque architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: grand salon
Hôtel Lambert → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Hôtel Amelot de Gournay, Paris (alterations) → hasArchitecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Hôtel de Torcy, Paris → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
subject linked to: Hôtel de Torcy, Paris (works)
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Hôtel de Torcy, Paris → associatedWith → French Baroque architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: Hôtel de Torcy, Paris (works)
Pierre Le Muet → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Hôtel de Rohan → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
subject linked to: Hôtel de Rohan, Paris
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Pierre-Alexis Delamair → influencedBy → French Baroque architecture ⓘ
Louis XIII style → followedBy → French Baroque architecture ⓘ
Theresa Fair Oelrichs → styleOfHouse → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
subject linked to: Royal Chapel
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Château de Maisons → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
National Estate of Versailles → architecturalStyle → French Baroque ⓘ
linked to: French Baroque architecture
Nicodemus Tessin the Younger → influencedBy → French Baroque architecture ⓘ