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.

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Louis XIV style canonical 3
Louis XIV architecture 2

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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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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