The Practical book of Interior Decoration volume 1
The Practical book of Interior Decoration volume 1
Harold Donaldson Eberlein
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In architecture, and to a very much PLATE 34 BED CHAMBER OF LOUIS XIV. VERSAILLES. STYLE LOUIS XIV From "Librarie Centrale d'Art et d'Architecture" Courtesy of William Helburn, Inc. PLATE 35 > 73 o\ a § Y; -*J -O J t K :ar I- 73 2i, _! u o PLATE 36 o 3 o - = o " S. W D C O W Kc: rX OH C3§ SB) > > o v; = c H 3 wC o (B c = > H PS O z CcfC k;C t?d- ex c r >■ o THE NE\V YO^K PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR. LENOX TILDENFOUNDATIONS^ FRANCE 123 greater extent in decoration, it was a compromise, and on the whole... a sane and satisfying compromise, between Palladianism — the scholastic interpretation of Classi- cism as formulated during the late Italian Renaissance — and Baroque tendencies. The result was Baroque idealised, purged of its grossness and abnormal, swol- len heaviness, presented in a tempering and restraining setting of Classicism (Plate 35), a rationalised style that incorporated what was best in the preceding epi- sode and added positive elements of fresh provenance.
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