Esercizi di stile

di Carlo Ferrrari
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journalofanobody: An Architect’s Table, 1772, by Thomas-Germain-Joseph Duvivier One of the most talented pupils of Chardin, Duvivier began to exhibit still lifes at the Salon in 1761. In this painting we see the tools of an architect who loved Greek architecture. The plans are for a neoclassical building and were probably inspired by the Greek capital and door design on the architect’s table. The composition is a rich harmony of shapes, textures and tones. Duvivier has intentionally distorted the perspective of the capital and the inkbottle to emphasize the strong diagonal lines of the composition, leading the eye across the table, along the line of the ruler, to the drawing of the ancient doorway.

journalofanobody:

An Architect’s Table, 1772, by Thomas-Germain-Joseph Duvivier

One of the most talented pupils of Chardin, Duvivier began to exhibit still lifes at the Salon in 1761. In this painting we see the tools of an architect who loved Greek architecture. The plans are for a neoclassical building and were probably inspired by the Greek capital and door design on the architect’s table. The composition is a rich harmony of shapes, textures and tones. Duvivier has intentionally distorted the perspective of the capital and the inkbottle to emphasize the strong diagonal lines of the composition, leading the eye across the table, along the line of the ruler, to the drawing of the ancient doorway.

a-l-ancien-regime: Side Chair (one of a pair) Jean-Jacques Pothier  ( French   1750, working until ca. 1780) Date: ca. 1775  Carved and gilded beechwood, silk moire upholstery

a-l-ancien-regime:

Side Chair (one of a pair)

Jean-Jacques Pothier  ( French   1750, working until ca. 1780)

Date: ca. 1775  Carved and gilded beechwood, silk moire upholstery

a-l-ancien-regime: Desk (Sécretaire), Oak veneered with ebony and Japanese lacquer; gilt-bronze mounts; marble tops. 1783 (Paris) This secretary stood in Marie Antoinette’s private apartment at the château de Saint-Cloud; her initials appear three times in the gilt-bronze frieze under the marble top. The opulent refinement of this secretary, made about 1784 by Riesener, responds to the taste of his royal client. Cascading down the front are exquisitely chased gilt-bronze flowers, while fruit, wheat, flowers, and symbols of princely glory spill from the cornucopia mounts along the lower edge. The black-and-gold panels of Japanese lacquer reflect the queen’s fondness for this material. Neoclassicismo

a-l-ancien-regime:

Desk (Sécretaire), Oak veneered with ebony and Japanese lacquer; gilt-bronze mounts; marble tops. 1783 (Paris)

This secretary stood in Marie Antoinette’s private apartment at the château de Saint-Cloud; her initials appear three times in the gilt-bronze frieze under the marble top. The opulent refinement of this secretary, made about 1784 by Riesener, responds to the taste of his royal client. Cascading down the front are exquisitely chased gilt-bronze flowers, while fruit, wheat, flowers, and symbols of princely glory spill from the cornucopia mounts along the lower edge. The black-and-gold panels of Japanese lacquer reflect the queen’s fondness for this material.

Neoclassicismo

vivelareine: A commode in Marie Antoinette’s bedroom at the chateau de Fontainebleau, originally placed at the chateau de Saint-Cloud. Circa 1786. Neoclassicismo

vivelareine:

A commode in Marie Antoinette’s bedroom at the chateau de Fontainebleau, originally placed at the chateau de Saint-Cloud. Circa 1786.

Neoclassicismo

(Fonte: photo.rmn.fr, via blueroomlady)

a-l-ancien-regime: ormolu sculpture of Flora Etienne-Maurice Falconet (b Paris, 1 Dec 1716; d Paris, 24 Jan 1791). Falconet was a principal sculptor and designer, Madame de Pompadour was his patron. He designed for Sevres and for many of the great clockmakers and was much copied. Neoclassicismo  circa 1770-80

a-l-ancien-regime:

ormolu sculpture of Flora

Etienne-Maurice Falconet (b Paris, 1 Dec 1716; d Paris, 24 Jan 1791). Falconet was a principal sculptor and designer, Madame de Pompadour was his patron. He designed for Sevres and for many of the great clockmakers and was much copied.

Neoclassicismo

 circa 1770-80

a-l-ancien-regime: Sevres porcelain Cups and saucers for coffee and chocolate in the neoclassical style (late 18th century - early 19th)  (one of them has the portrait of Empress Josephine by Ms. Jacquot; and another the portrait of Bonaparte by Gerard after Isabey) Neoclassicismo National Ceramics Museum in Sèvres

a-l-ancien-regime:

Sevres porcelain Cups and saucers for coffee and chocolate in the neoclassical style (late 18th century - early 19th) 

(one of them has the portrait of Empress Josephine by Ms. Jacquot; and another the portrait of Bonaparte by Gerard after Isabey)

Neoclassicismo

National Ceramics Museum in Sèvres

a-l-ancien-regime: Waiting room  in the  Louis XVI  style - watercolor (1907) Neoclassicismo

a-l-ancien-regime:

Waiting room  in the  Louis XVI  style - watercolor (1907)

Neoclassicismo

vivelareine: A gaming chair, circa 1787, which once sat in the salon des jeux du Roi at the chateau de Saint-Cloud. Neoclassicismo

vivelareine:

A gaming chair, circa 1787, which once sat in the salon des jeux du Roi at the chateau de Saint-Cloud.

Neoclassicismo

(Fonte: mfa.org)