Baroque interiors - Baroque style

Baroque style has considerable age. Beginning of this style refers to the sixteenth century. European masters at this time began to master a new style of decoration of apartments. At this time in European languages got the word from the Portuguese slang jewelers: "Baroque" refers to the pearl of irregular shape. After the founding of this style wizard to create interiors from time to time return to the bent legs of the furniture, gilded stucco and dense tissue with a fringe. The eternal youth of this style is simple: at all times in strong demand elements, emphasizing the abundance and luxury. Baroque - a palatial style, but who did not want to ever feel like the owner of the palace, even a little?

Let's go back in time to the era preceding the emergence of the Baroque style. Views on life in the Renaissance period can be characterized by simplicity and clarity. These qualities were reflected in the style of architecture of houses and their decoration and transformed into straight lines, symmetrical lines and bright clean colors. Public consciousness of the seventeenth century was manifest in the architecture and the decor a little differently: they were curved shape, curls and shades of rich, deep colors: the color of red wine, emerald, sapphire, gold color. Building facades are similar to the exquisite cakes. The parks were arranged cascades of fountains and fireworks. Accordingly, the interior is dominated by mirrors, parquet floors and brocade cascades. At this time, creates an image of this style. Its main features - "swimming in bliss, the greatest comfort - both physical and spiritual. Baroque is most close to the hedonist, who appreciated fine sensual pleasures, they tried to avoid routine and do all solemn and unusual: the solemn thoughts, unusual feelings, unusual habitat.

ARCHITECTURE
The architecture of urban palaces and country residences appear convex and concave facades, decorated with twisted columns, pilasters and moldings. The sculptural decoration is sometimes present in such quantities that they were lost building structure. Heraldic coats of arms, cupids, and grape vines have enriched not only the facades, but also elements of interior decoration.

During this period, became popular U-shaped type of the palace. It consisted of a central building and two lateral protrusions, called projection in the facade. This building fits well with the park, which smashed behind the palace, as well as honorable court in front of the palace. The yard is usually protected the bronze grating, covered with gold leaf. Earlier in the ditches were transferred iron bridges, then in the Baroque came the fashion for stone bridges that adorn statues and huge vases for flowers. Should also remember the innovations of the architect Mansart, who gave the central placement of a functional nature. Now the roof of the buildings were decorated loft, and they have become much more picturesque.

The buildings of the baroque lobby should adorn ceremonial marble staircase, and above it is the ceiling of the ceiling, which is painted by bright colors. Most front stairs were arranged special balcony for the orchestra, who performed in honor of the guests of appropriate music. In the palaces of the baroque state rooms are usually arranged on the second floor. Between the rooms are narrow galleries, which are decorated with collections of works of art - paintings, sculptures, exquisite vases to elaborate pedestals. The windows of the galleries usually go to the park.

One of the characteristics of the Baroque - spatial illusions that accompany the interiors of this style. Components traditional baroque interiors - mirrors, ceilings, walls, screens - decorated with images based on paintings of the life of the inhabitants of heaven. On the walls hang tapestries bearing images of landscapes, such tapestries can be seen in modern wealthy homes. A solemn pathos of the interior is augmented by an abundance of heavy fabrics, carpets, rich sparkling chandeliers, gilded stucco, in which the predominant theme of images of leaves and fruits, cartouches and Maskaron. Curved, rounded contours give the decor of the dynamics and charm.

Baroque FURNITURE

The luxury and magnificence of the interior of the baroque enhances appropriately decorated furniture, which, starting from the seventeenth century, becoming more and more diverse. Decor elements of this style are impressive in size, they are often applied carving, metal plates made of bronze and precious metals, as well as a mosaic of different kinds of wood (Intarsia). Baroque left to posterity such a thing as a chaise longue (chaislonge - «long chair" where you can sit and lie down, and so-called tapas-couch for six or eight feet.

Especially many modifications coined for such an interior element, as a bed. Options for beds with different types of canopies are often decorated with plumes of ostrich feathers. The bed was based on the sculpture in the form of a female torso, the foot bed was based on the similarity of antique vases. Replaced prevailed in the Renaissance chests (Cassone) in the Baroque era came dressers, bookcases and bureaus.

TISSUE

Matter in the interior of the baroque given special attention. Items made of matter, were to shine a special luxury. Just as in the Middle Ages, widespread tapestry - woven carpets without pile, which curtain wall of the house. In France in the seventeenth century tapestries tapestries came to be called by the name of the brothers who founded their own production of these carpets. Quality of tapestries in the Baroque era was so high that they often compete with painting. Also tapestries, to strengthen the impression of luxury, for the interior often used brocade (known to us under the name of brocade). With this matter, decorations for walls, windows and doors, furniture. Boudoir decorated curtains - dense canvases with a complex woven pattern. Not only in the seventeenth century, but in later periods prestige was velvet - this tissue is considered the most typical of the Baroque style. Especially prized dlinnovorsovoy Genoa velvet. In the heyday of the Baroque in Lyons was released on a new satin fabric with a small figure of plant subjects, this fabric was fairly widespread in the decoration of the baroque interiors. In addition, by the end of the seventeenth century became fashionable fabric with a pattern, which in England was called japanning, although it is a picture of not only Japanese but also Chinese subjects: the eastern landscapes, colorful birds and flowers. The above-described methods of decoration used today to create interiors in baroque style.

LIGHTING

Lighting with candles gave the interiors of the seventeenth century, a unique romantic sound, it is transmitted to the paintings of artists of that time. It was under the candles were invented by a variety of lighting devices, which are of a purely utilitarian purpose became independent elements of decor. This - and girandole candelabra, candlesticks and candleholders. If the candlesticks and candlesticks can be relatively easily moved from one room to another, the candelabra and girandole were fixed on the floor or walls. The name "chandelier" in French and means "brilliance" - this type of lamp was coined in the second half of the seventeenth century and has since become (and still is, perhaps, in our time) the most spectacular of all light sources. Crystal chandelier - a mandatory part of any interior "palace" type.