PREFERRED TERM
Louis XIV style
DEFINITION
- A term used, mainly in France, to refer to a style in the arts and decoration that covers the period of the reign of Louis XIV (1643-1715) that begins, mainly, in the 1660s. The major features of this style are the sumptuous materials, exquisite craftsmanship, a profusion of classical motifs, and strict formality of organization. Textiles are featured by the naturalistic motifs, big proportions, architectonic or archaeological ruins appear sometimes.
BROADER CONCEPT
ENTRY TERMS
- luis XIV style
BIBLIOGRAPHIC CITATION
- Clarke, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms (2nd ed). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010. (online); Simpson, John; Weiner, Edmund (eds). The Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989. [www.oed.com] «Art & Architecture Thesaurus (Getty Research Institute)»
BELONGS TO GROUP
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Le Classicisme
French
Stile Luigi XIV
Italian
Estilo Luis XIV
Spanish
URI
http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/667
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