FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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ancient Egyptian pyramids
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Islamic structures
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classical models
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Gothic churches
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Empire Style was a neoclassical movement under Napoleon (1804-1815), in which the French emperor tried to standardize an imperial aesthetic. It was mostly relegated to furniture and interior design, but was beginning to make its way into architecture.
Detailed explanation-2: -Neoclassicists saw his ideas about proportion and symmetry at work in many of the ancient ruins discovered over the course of the 18th Century. Again, while they were influenced by Classical architecture, Neoclassical architects were also influenced by Renaissance interpretations of Classical architecture.
Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Adam (1728 – 92) was one of the most important British architects working in the Neoclassical style – a movement in the decorative and visual arts that drew inspiration from the ‘classical’ art and culture of Ancient Greece and Rome.
Detailed explanation-4: -Architecture. The most famous Empire-style structures in France are the grand neoclassical Arc de Triomphe of Place de l’Étoile, Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel, Vendôme column, and La Madeleine, which were built in Paris to emulate the edifices of the Roman Empire.