Le Petit Trianon, Early 19th Century Architecture in Europe- Emilia Kightley-Sutter


LE PETIT TRIANON

Built by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for Louis ⅩⅤ, the Petit Trianon at Versailles, France is a reaction to the excessive nature of Baroque and Rococo architecture. The "modest" fixture is set on the Grand Trianon grounds and was built for the King and his mistress to spend some time alone together... away form their royal life.  Their main activity being watching a nearby farm. The farm was there to be their main form of attaining food since they’re so awfully far from the main palace of Versaille. Unfortunately his mistress never saw the completed palace as she died four years before completion in 1768. It was later gifted to 19 year old Marie Antoinette.
Marie Antoinette used Le Petit Trianon  to escape her hardships as queen, and to avoid and confrontation. To make sure to be undisturbed she utilized the order of the Queen  that no one was allowed at the chateau. She was under criticism from her family and citizens of the country for her questionable antics and behavior. Even King Louis ⅩⅤ was exiled during these times, although he was the one who provided the sweet escape.
The architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698-1782) designed flying tables, so this was a revolutionary chateau with no formal dining room. The tables would be hanging from the ceilings essentially, and this cut off the for need dining service people, it was a place of intimacy and personal pleasure so Anges-Jacques Gabriel tried to provide compromises which could banish the sight of service people.  Since it’s not too common for people to desire eating food that has been sitting on the floor above them on flying tables, the “no dining room” idea isn’t commonly carried through in structures since.
The Trianon was built in a botanical garden site and sits within the site of the Grand Trianon. The facades of the château have no curved lines, and the stone is in perfect proportion. This building not only shifted from the Baroque architecture style but it shifted Baroque etiquette of court life. It sobered up design and gave users a break from elaborate designs and unneeded ornament. The facade resembles an A, B, A pattern where the B is split into three. The modest chateau breaks down a cube and works with angles to create views which were carefully thought out to frame areas of the gardens and surrounding area. Corinthian order columns organize the geometric pattern they lighten the appearance of the hard masses of stone which surround the structure..  There are pilasters directed towards the main courtyard and one of Louis XV's greenhouses. The remaining facade of the four was left plain and even less ornament than the others.. The chateau was built on an incline which required the innovative use of shallow steps which provide accessible usage of the small plot.  
Works Cited
Marvin Trachtenberg and Isabelle Hyman. Architecture, from Prehistory to Post-Modernism. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1986. ISBN 0-13-044702-1. NA200.T7. p409-410.

Watkin, David. "8." A History of Western Architecture. London: Laurence King, 2015. 391-416. Print.

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