Antiquity as the absolute model of art and style. Architecture, interior decor and furniture. From Baroque to Neoclassicism
https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2024-4-206-223
Abstract
The topic of analysis is the hundred and fifty-year history of evolution of the French fascination with the culture and art of Antiquity, which in the 17th–18th centuries received a character of mania for Antiquity. That fascination led to the emergence and development of classicism and then of “Greek taste” (goût grec) and neoclassicism. It is possible to name also less known styles, which also got their place in this evolutionary line: it is Pompeian style, author’s styles of architects J.-J. Soufflot and J.-A. Gabriel and others. Emphasis is placed on comparing the theoretical foundations of the new styles and their material embodiment, expressed in architecture, interior decor and furniture. The process is shown on a background of the “Greek Revival” and the “Roman Revival” confrontation, and correlates with the development of art history and with the socio-political history of France. The methodology of the research is in line with the issue statement. The History, Art History and Cultural Studies present different aspects of perception: culture reflects history as much as history reflects social reality, and art is the creative form of comprehending the reality.
About the Author
B. L. Shapiro
Russian State University for the Humanities
Russian Federation
Bella L. Shapiro, Dr. of Sci. (Culturology), Cand. of Sci. (History), associate professor bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047
Russian Federation
Bella L. Shapiro, Dr. of Sci. (Culturology), Cand. of Sci. (History), associate professor bld. 6, Miusskaya Square, Moscow, 125047
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Shapiro B.L. Antiquity as the absolute model of art and style. Architecture, interior decor and furniture. From Baroque to Neoclassicism. RSUH/RGGU BULLETIN. Series Philosophy. Social Studies. Art Studies. 2024;(4):206-223. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2073-6401-2024-4-206-223
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