03 — ARTWORK
Interior view
ROUSSEAU, Jean-Siméon · 1786 →
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The publication of the excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 1752 renewed awareness of the ClassicalRelating to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome (classical Antiquity). The classical world played a profoundly important role in the Renaissance, with Italian scholars, writers, and artists seeing their own period as the rebirth (the "renaissance") of classical values after the Middle Ages. The classical world was considered the golden age for the arts, literature, philosophy, and politics. Concepts of the classical, however, changed greatly from one period to the next. Roman literature provided the starting point in the 14th century, scholars patiently finding, editing and translating a wide range of texts. In the 15th century Greek literature, philosophy and art - together with the close study of the remains of Roman buildings and sculptures-expanded the concept of the classical and ensured it remained a vital source of ideas and inspiration. grotesque. Artists again sought inspiration in Rome, where they looked not only at the Classical examples but also at the work of Raphael. Engravings of the Vatican LoggiaA gallery or room open on one or more sides, its roof supported by columns. Loggias in Italian Renaissance buildings were generally on the upper levels. Renaissance loggias were also separate structure, often standing in markets and town squares, that could be used for public ceremonies. had been published in the 16th and 17th centuries, but a new publication in 1772 by Giovanni Battista Volpato was followed in 1776 by a set of engravings of the Domus Aurea itself by Lodovico Miri. Ornamentalists and artists throughout Europe took up the style again. In France Jules-Hughes Rousseau and his brother Jean-Simeon Rousseau de la Rottière adapted it for the Petits Appartements of Marie-Antoinette at Versailles in 1783 and at Fontainebleau in 1786, achieving ensembles of great elegance and refinement.
The photo shows the Boudoir de la Reine at Fontainebleau, designed by Jean-Siméon Rousseau for Queen Marie Antoinette. The trough table is by Jean-Henri Riesener, chair is a copy of the original by Georges Jacob, but the foot stool is original by Georges Jacob.
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