SoCultures October 2018
India & France
Architects and their masterpieces
The most important showcase of the French Baroque was the Palace of Versailles , though with the evolving times there were contemporary designs embodying creative spirit and beliefs .
o Salomon de Brosse ( 1571-1626 ) was the one of the first French architects to adopt the style which started new narratives in designs for royal residences , with pavilions on the corners , lateral wings , and a grand central entrance surmounted by a cupola . It ’ s more dominant in the construction of the Palais du Luxembourg he built for the mother of Louis XIII , Marie de Medici between 1615 and 1624 .
o François Mansart , a progressive visionary who stressed upon perfectionism and introduced the full Baroque to France continuity between the French Renaissance style and the new style . He used the sloping Mansard roof so effectively that it took his name especially in his design for the Château de Maisons in Maisons-Laffitte , ( 1630 – 51 ),
o Louis Le Vau was another central figure .
o Exemplified by the Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont by Claude Guérin ( 1606 – 21 ) , the architecture is visible in the Prix de Rome , Saint- Sulpice and Saint-Eustache .
o The cupola or dome over the central nave , originally from the Italian Baroque was major innovation of French Baroque religious architecture .
o The residential building style known as the Hôtel Particulier was best described as less beautiful than palaces and more beautiful than simple residences .
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