About Empire : Empire as a movement in architecture, interiors, fine arts originated in France during the reign of Napoleon. This style flourished in the first third of the 19th century in Western Europe, and then in Russia. Vendôme column in Paris The style was actively promoted by https://smmaneeruy.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/colonne-vendome.jpg?w=852 About Empire : Empire as a movement in architecture, interiors, fine arts originated in France during the reign of Napoleon. This style flourished in the first third of the 19th century in Western Europe, and then in Russia. Vendôme column in Paris The style was actively promoted by Napoleon’s court architects Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine. The decor of palace interiors in the Empire style was distinguished by contrasting colors: blue, white, bright red, clear lines, an abundance of gilding. The walls were usually covered with silk of bright color, rhombuses, circles, military symbols — swords, spears, shields served as an ornament. Egyptian motifs, which came into fashion after the Egyptian campaign of Napoleon, were very popular. The main buildings that belong to this style are the triumphal arch on Carruzel Square in Paris, the Vendome Column, the triumphal arch on Charles de Gaulle Square. Empire style interiors can be seen at the Palace of Fontainebleau and at the Grand Palace in Versailles. Main features : splendor; monumentality; motifs of Ancient Rome and Egypt in ornaments, decor; an abundance of decorative elements; facing with multi-colored stone; loggia instead of a portico; gilding in details. Nikolay Faneev The Empire style appeared in France during the reign of Bonaparte (1804-1814), who considered himself the greatest emperor since antiquity and used architecture to create a visual connection and connotations between the French Empire and the Roman Empire. In the buildings of that era — mainly triumphal arches — symbols and ornaments borrowed from the ancient world (in particular, the Roman Empire) were widely used. #Empire, #France, #Сolumn anny m. https://is.gd/IKAgzZ
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Vendôme column in Paris
About Empire :
Empire as a movement in architecture, interiors, fine arts originated in France during the reign of Napoleon. This style flourished in the first third of the 19th century in Western Europe, and then in Russia.
Vendôme column in Paris
The style was actively promoted by https://smmaneeruy.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/colonne-vendome.jpg?w=852 About Empire :
Empire as a movement in architecture, interiors, fine arts originated in France during the reign of Napoleon. This style flourished in the first third of the 19th century in Western Europe, and then in Russia.
Vendôme column in Paris
The style was actively promoted by Napoleon’s court architects Charles Percier and Pierre Fontaine. The decor of palace interiors in the Empire style was distinguished by contrasting colors: blue, white, bright red, clear lines, an abundance of gilding. The walls were usually covered with silk of bright color, rhombuses, circles, military symbols — swords, spears, shields served as an ornament. Egyptian motifs, which came into fashion after the Egyptian campaign of Napoleon, were very popular.
The main buildings that belong to this style are the triumphal arch on Carruzel Square in Paris, the Vendome Column, the triumphal arch on Charles de Gaulle Square. Empire style interiors can be seen at the Palace of Fontainebleau and at the Grand Palace in Versailles.
Main features :
splendor;
monumentality;
motifs of Ancient Rome and Egypt in ornaments, decor;
an abundance of decorative elements;
facing with multi-colored stone;
loggia instead of a portico;
gilding in details.
Nikolay Faneev
The Empire style appeared in France during the reign of Bonaparte (1804-1814), who considered himself the greatest emperor since antiquity and used architecture to create a visual connection and connotations between the French Empire and the Roman Empire. In the buildings of that era — mainly triumphal arches — symbols and ornaments borrowed from the ancient world (in particular, the Roman Empire) were widely used.
#Empire, #France, #Сolumn
anny m. https://is.gd/IKAgzZ