Josephinian style
The Josephine style , also known as Josephine Baroque or Josephine Classicism , is a style in Austrian art, handicrafts, interior design and architecture of Josephinism in the Habsburg Empire under Emperor Josef II in the 18th century .
It marks the end of the so-called Habsburg Baroque and replaced the Theresian style , the late Baroque or Rococo direction named after Maria Theresa , and can be found between around 1760, when Joseph's participation in government began, and 1780/90, thus corresponds to the incipient classicism .
It is characterized by a certain sober severity, represents the absolutism of Josephinism, and corresponds roughly to the French Louis-seize and the German braid style .
A characteristic of the facade design of the houses is the reduction of the baroque decorative elements to plate-like elevations or plastered surfaces, for which the expression Josephinian plate style or plate style for short was coined.
See also
Web links
- Peter W. Hartmann: Josephinism . In: Art Lexicon
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter W. Hartmann: Theresian style . In: Kunstlexikon ; Retrieved December 2, 2011
- ↑ a b Josephinian style . Ketterer Art; Retrieved December 2, 2011