The decorative periods . OUIS XIV, LOUIS XV, LOUIS XVI LOUIS XIV, 1643-I715; LOUIS XV, 1715-I774;LOUIS XVI, I774-I793 WE ARE frequently asked : What are the actual, tangiblepoints of difference between the Louis XIV, Louis XVand Louis X\I periods of design ? Louis XIV followed the Renaissance or Classical Revival,in a masculine spirit embodying the conventionalized Anthemionand Acanthus. Louis XV, while affecting the same forms, exaggerated andeffeminated them, and showed them in unbalanced relations andused natural fiovvers and emplo)ed ribbon and lace effects, fes-tooned flowers and hanging
The decorative periods . OUIS XIV, LOUIS XV, LOUIS XVI LOUIS XIV, 1643-I715; LOUIS XV, 1715-I774;LOUIS XVI, I774-I793 WE ARE frequently asked : What are the actual, tangiblepoints of difference between the Louis XIV, Louis XVand Louis X\I periods of design ? Louis XIV followed the Renaissance or Classical Revival,in a masculine spirit embodying the conventionalized Anthemionand Acanthus. Louis XV, while affecting the same forms, exaggerated andeffeminated them, and showed them in unbalanced relations andused natural fiovvers and emplo)ed ribbon and lace effects, fes-tooned flowers and hanging bas-kets with Rococo details—rocmeaning rock, and coquillc mean-ing shell. Louis X\I returned to theClassic simplicity of line incorpo-rating dainty florals ; in furniturethe legs were usually straight andsuggested architectural columnsand capitals. Now, to comprehend clas-sicism one must at least knowthe Anthemion and Acanthus,and beA^jle to identify them, nomatter/n what decorative spiritthey may be treated. louis xv.
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