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After Napoleon lost power, the Empire style continued to be in favour for many decades, with minor adaptations. There was a revival of the style in the last half of the nineteenth century in France, again at the beginning of the twentieth century, and again in the 1980s.
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through architecture. It was a style of the people, not ostentatious but sober and evenly balanced. The style was considered to have "liberated" and "enlightened" architecture just as the propaganda that Napoleon had "liberated" the peoples of Europe with his
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in composition: antique heads with identical tresses falling onto each shoulder, frontal figures of Victory with symmetrically arrayed tunics, identical rosettes or swans flanking a lock plate, etc. Like
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wrote about this style as the Italian Empire. In the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States, the Empire style was adapted to local conditions and gradually acquired further expression as the
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The style survived in Italy longer than in most of Europe, partly because of its Imperial Roman associations, partly because it was revived as a national style of architecture following the
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Washstand (athénienne or lavabo); 1800–1814; legs, base and shelf of yew wood, gilt-bronze mounts, iron plate beneath shelf; height: 92.4 cm, width: 49.5 cm;
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Milk jug (pot à lait Étrusque), part of a breakfast service (déjeuner); 1813; hard-paste porcelain; height (with handle): 21.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cup (tasse Jasmin), part of a breakfast service (déjeuner); 1813; hard-paste porcelain and silver gilt; height: 11.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Courts across Europe adopted the Empire style, especially in Russia, where it became a staple. In Germany and Austria, it coexisted with the gentler
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Saucer, part of a breakfast service (déjeuner); 1813; hard-paste porcelain; height: 3.2 cm; diameter: 16.2 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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and François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter; 1805; carved and gilded wood, covered in red velvet with silver embroidery; 160 x 110 x 82 cm;
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candelabra; 1804–1814; gilded and patinated bronze; height: 101 cm, width of the plinth: 25 cm, depth of the plinth: 19 cm;
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Tray (plateau), part of a breakfast service (déjeuner); 1813; hard-paste porcelain; 2.5 x 37.5 x 33.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Sugar bowl with cover, part of a breakfast service (déjeuner); 1813; hard-paste porcelain; height: 21 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Clock; 1807–1810; fire-gilt bronze, blackened bronze, enameled metal (dial), blued steel (hands); glass; 56 x 49.7 x 18.5 cm;
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virtues of Republican Rome were upheld as standards not merely for the arts but also for political behaviour and private morality.
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Teapot (théière Asselin), part of a breakfast service (déjeuner); 1813; hard-paste porcelain; height (with handle): 20.5 cm;
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The Directoire style of the immediately preceding period aimed at a simpler, but still elegant evocation of the virtues of the
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periods, although its life span lasted until the late-1820s. From France it spread into much of Europe and the United States.
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Chair; before 1810; white trimmed wood with gilt carved decoration, modern trim, red and white silk; 90 x 50.5 x 44 cm;
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Historic sites which present an homogeneous ensemble, examples of the decoration of interiors of the early 19th century are:
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Two French architects, Percier and Fontaine, were together the creators of the French Empire style. The two had studied in
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1804-1809; amboyna wood veneered on pine, with gilt-bronze mounts; 173.4 x 87.6 x 37.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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and its many archaeological treasures, which had been rediscovered starting in the eighteenth century. The preceding
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had a set of emblems unmistakably associated with his rule, most notably the eagle, the bee, stars, and the initials
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1805–1808; mahogany, gilt bronze and satin-velvet upholstery; 87.6 × 59.7 × 64.8 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Interiors have spacious rooms, richly decorated with symmetrically arranged motifs. The walls are decorated with
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Before the development of the Empire style there was a brief transitional Consulate style that formed under the
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details (gilded bronze furniture mounts and embellishments) displayed a high level of craftsmanship.
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Centerpiece between two candelabra; by Pierre-Philippe Thomire; circa 1810; probably gilded bronze;
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bearing palm branches, Greek dancers, nude and draped women, figures of antique chariots, winged
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style of the eighteenth century. Empire designs strongly influenced the contemporary American
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sat were made on antique models devised by David. ...In fact Neo-classicism became fashionable.
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Candelabrum; circa 1800; gilt and patinated metal; overall: 49.9 x 25.7 x 12.3 cm;
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All Empire ornament is governed by a rigorous spirit of symmetry reminiscent of the
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The Empire style originated in and takes its name from the rule of the Emperor
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The most famous Empire-style structures in France are the grand neoclassical
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Symbols of Power • Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style • 1800-1815
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Symbols of Power • Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style • 1800-1815
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Symbols of Power • Napoleon and the Art of the Empire Style • 1800-1815
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1809 illustration which shows how male Empire fashion looks like, from
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coin cabinet; by François-Honoré-Georges Jacob-Desmalter; 1809–1819;
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houses a complete collection of Empire furniture from the time of
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as antique rituals. Even the chairs in which the committee of
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The Empire period was popularized by the inventive designs of
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Architecture of the Empire style was based on elements of the
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motifs are especially common at the beginning of the period:
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supported by bare feet and with women Egyptian headdresses.
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saw themselves as antique heroes. Children were named after
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bronzes instead of money, leading to a vogue for crystal
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is sometimes referred to as Stalin's Empire style. The
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and in the 1790s became leading furniture designers in
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employed straighter, simpler designs compared to the
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and vertical panels, having at the top a decorative
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Index

Empire Style

Arc de Triomphe
Place de l'Étoile
Austerlitz
Emperor Napoleon I
French Consulate
First French Empire
Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine
Charles Percier
Directoire style
Biedermeier
Egyptian Revival
Greek Revival
Late-Federal
Regency
[ɑ̃.piːʁ]
design
architecture
furniture
decorative arts
visual arts
Neoclassicism
Consulate
First French Empire
Napoleon I
First French Empire
Directoire style
Louis XVI style
Biedermeier style

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