Louis XIV style

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Louis XIV style is a grand and ornate French Baroque architectural and decorative style characterized by symmetry, classical order, and lavish embellishment developed under the reign of King Louis XIV.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Louis XIV style canonical 3
Louis XIV architecture 2

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Statements (62)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
appliedTo church architecture ⓘ
furniture design ⓘ
interior decoration ⓘ
metalwork ⓘ
palace architecture ⓘ
tapestry design ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
associatedWithArchitect Jules Hardouin-Mansart ⓘ
Louis Le Vau ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Charles Le Brun ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution Gobelins Manufactory ⓘ
Royal Academy of Architecture ⓘ
Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture ⓘ
associatedWithLandscapeArchitect André Le Nôtre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
developedUnder reign of Louis XIV of France ⓘ
followedBy Louis XV style ⓘ
Regency style ⓘ
follows Louis XIII style ⓘ
hasCenter Paris ⓘ
hasCharacteristic axial planning ⓘ
classical order ⓘ
formal gardens ⓘ
grandeur ⓘ
hierarchical spatial organization ⓘ
integration of architecture and landscape ⓘ
lavish ornamentation ⓘ
monumentality ⓘ
symmetry ⓘ
use of rich materials ⓘ
hasNotableExample Hall of Mirrors at Versailles ⓘ
Les Invalides in Paris ⓘ
Palace of Versailles ⓘ
Royal Chapel at Versailles ⓘ
east facade of the Louvre Palace ⓘ
hasPatron Louis XIV of France ⓘ
hasTimePeriod circa 1660–1715 ⓘ
influenced European Baroque architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Rococo style ⓘ
influencedBy Italian Baroque ⓘ
classical antiquity ⓘ
namedAfter Louis XIV of France ⓘ
partOf French Baroque ⓘ
usesMaterial bronze ⓘ
fine textiles ⓘ
gilded wood ⓘ
marble ⓘ
mirrors ⓘ
usesMotif acanthus leaves ⓘ
broken pediments ⓘ
cartouches ⓘ
classical orders ⓘ
colonnades ⓘ
garlands ⓘ
pilasters ⓘ
royal monograms ⓘ
scrollwork ⓘ
sun emblems ⓘ
trophies of arms ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Place Vendôme → architecturalStyle → Louis XIV style ⓘ
subject linked to: Place Vendôme, Paris
Grand Canal (Versailles) → category → Louis XIV architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: Grand Canal
linked to: Louis XIV style
Hôtel Carnavalet → architecturalStyle → Louis XIV style ⓘ
Aqueduct of Maintenon → category → Louis XIV architecture ⓘ
linked to: Louis XIV style
Grand Place → architecturalStyle → Louis XIV style ⓘ