Biedermeier

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Biedermeier was a Central European cultural and artistic style of the early 19th century characterized by middle-class domesticity, simplicity, and restrained elegance in art, furniture, and interior design.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
cultural period
design style
historical style
emergedAfter Napoleonic Wars
hasArtisticTheme domestic scenes
everyday life
landscapes
portraits of middle-class people
hasCharacteristic bourgeois values
clarity of form
domesticity
elegance
emphasis on comfort
emphasis on private life
functionality
intimacy
modesty
reduced ornamentation
restraint
simplicity
hasCulturalContext middle-class culture
hasEndTime circa 1848
hasEtymology derived from the satirical name "Biedermeier" for a conventional middle-class man
hasField architecture
decorative arts
furniture design
interior design
literature
painting
visual arts
hasFurnitureFeature clean lines
functional forms
light woods
minimal carving
veneered surfaces
hasGeographicRegion Austrian Empire
Central Europe
German Confederation
German-speaking Europe
hasInfluenceOn 19th-century interior design
Scandinavian modern design
modern furniture design
hasInteriorDesignFeature cozy rooms
intimate scale
practical furnishings
hasMaterialPreference birch wood
cherry wood
walnut wood
hasSocialBase bourgeoisie
urban middle class
hasStartTime circa 1815
hasTimePeriod early 19th century
isContemporaryWith Biedermeier period
linked to: Biedermeier

Romanticism
precedes Gründerzeit style
linked to: Wilhelminian style

Historicism
relatedTo Vormärz period
linked to: Vormärz

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Neoclassicism relatedMovement Biedermeier
Biedermeier isContemporaryWith Biedermeier period
linked to: Biedermeier
Empfindsamkeit influenced Biedermeier culture
linked to: Biedermeier
Baden bei Wien hasFeature Biedermeier architecture
linked to: Biedermeier
Baden bei Wien historicalPeriodOfFlourishing Biedermeier era
linked to: Biedermeier
Johann Peter Krafft movement Biedermeier
Cappi & Diabelli historicalContext Biedermeier period in Austria
linked to: Biedermeier
Vormärz relatedTo Biedermeier
Wieden hasArchitecturalStyle Biedermeier architecture
linked to: Biedermeier
Josefstadt hasArchitecturalStyle Biedermeier architecture
linked to: Biedermeier
Alsergrund hasHeritage Biedermeier architecture
linked to: Biedermeier
Gründerzeit follows Biedermeier