Empire

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Empire (from the French empire - «Empire», the second name - the style of Louis XVI) - this is a style that originated during the reign of Napoleon I. Empire style is often called late classicism. However, the Empire, in contrast to classical, as a model uses Roman antiquity, not Greek. Empire, especially the French version, essentially eclectic classicism and clean in the aspect of style. Masters Empire copied and Roman, and Egyptian decor (after going to Egypt Napoleon I), combining it with the new emblems of Napoleon I. After the victory of the Russian army over Napoleon Empire style became fashionable in Russia, creating an image of state power and authority.

Empire - a new classic style in art and architecture that prevailed in the first half of XIX century.

At the heart of it lay in the age of the natural desire to give any work of grandeur and simplicity of ancient monuments. Construction started in these times, finishes late, often changed their purpose, and the severity of the classics are often turned into decorative empty canon.

 

 

Empire style interior is enriched with new types of furniture - narrow cupboards, showcases, round serving tables, designed for folding porcelain came into use. Izgotavlivlis chair in the style of ancient Roman. The front legs are often went straight from the arms, but if they zakanchivlis's seat, the armrests are supported with carved animal figures, or massive curls.

As chair, and all other seating furniture was quite tight and uncomfortable. In the manufacture of furniture favored splendor, at the expense of ease of use. Chairs somewhat easier access, they often back lyre shape, which is one of the most common motifs in jewelry items Empire style.

The modern incarnation of empire - is the presence of metal jewelry, old prints on the walls, paintings or chekanok in richly decorated frames. Luxury - the basic element of this style. Design enough heavyweights - luxury drapery, intricate trim, plenty of additional details.

Furniture preferably dark colors - mahogany, wenge, black. The characteristic feature of this style - stockiness - wide soft low-back armchairs, chests of drawers, which are now extremely popular. Empire-style interior is also consistent with leather furniture and a massive floor lamps with shades of fabric, inlaid with various decorative elements made of bronze or other metals.

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In the Empire style and the interiors were decorated.

Furnish rooms in the antique manner - direct long couches, uncomfortable chairs, beds, like coffins, white alabaster vase. Instead of silk wallpaper - mahogany and bronze.​
 

Thrust monarchies to representative clutter decorations original purity of style. Too massive decorated by plane covered with trophies, helmets, flags. After Napoleon's Egyptian campaign ornament filled with sphinxes and lions, have been used in the interior of the neck, paws and claws of lions, vultures as handles, legs, stands.

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Requirements for the architecture were to abolish round sculpture, bas-wide use in the decoration of the pediments human figures in classic coats.

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era to the design (before a designer)

Empire - XIX century.

Era before design.