ART assignment Visit the following website and explore the Palace of Versailles
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Question
ART assignment
Visit the following website and explore the Palace of Versailles (hint - click on The Palace, the museum -- on the left):
http://www.chateauversailles.fr/discover (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (be sure to select "English" on the upper right)
From the above website and the information in the lectures and your book, answer the following questions:
1) How does Versailles reflect the French Baroque period? Discuss at least 3 specific characteristics of the palace that make it a Baroque building.
Explanation / Answer
Three characteritics of Versailles that express the fundamental values of Baroque art are:
1. Its colossal scale, given its history of ousing about 3,000 residents, symbolizes the absolutism and decadence of the Ancien Regime in general, and the French monarchy in particular.
2. It exemplifies the architectural theme of 'creation by division' through a series of simple repetitions rhythmically marked off by the repetition of the large windows .
3. Its focal point of the interior, as well as of the entire building, is the king's bed, whcich illustrates the kingship's significance.