In neoclassicism I like the simple forms of design. The elements in architecture, which refer to elements of antiquity. Somehow I connect again neo-classicism with a kind of romance, with nostalgia for a bygone time.What I don't like though, is that sense of seriousness, which is felt by this style, as if after Rococo, has come a time in which one must grow up and stop living in fantasy, to stop and find a solid foundation based on reality. Whereas Rococo primarily reflects the way of life in the royal court, neo-classical is oriented to the national consciousness. Somehow you wish you could have lived in the times of Rococo, yet there's a feeling that lives in you, telling you that this is just a fantasy, and you can't live much longer that way; just like a beautiful dream that ends. That gives way to neoclassicism and the seeking for something that is more real, that has his foundations in the past.
Marie Antoinette |
Versailles: Rococo Interior |
Versailess interior: The Queen's bedchamber |
Versailles: Interior |
The Catherine palace, Imperial family residence in Russia |
The Catherine palace, Imperial family residence in Russia |
The Catherine palace: Interior |
Rococo furniture |
Rococo furniture |
Rococo mirror |
Rococo style dress |
La Madeleine, Paris. The Madeleine Church was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Nepoleon's army. |
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