Le Petit Trianon, Versailles, France; (1687-1768); Rococo
Le Petit Trianon is a small manor that was created by
Ange-Jacques seventeen sixty-two and finished in seventeen sixty-eight. It was
originally commissioned by Louis XV of France. It is a small chateau inside of
the Grand Trianon, located in the palace of Versailles grounds. The Petit
Trianon is also built on the site of a botanical garden. The garden was
originally meant for Madame de Pompadour, but due to her untimely death four
years before completion it was given to Madame du Barry.
Marie Antoinette then became queen, Louis XV sanctioned it for her use only, creating a destination where the nineteen-year-old queen could hide away from the stress of Royalty. The Petit Trianon was the first example of Rococo style which blended in many aspects of baroque architecture which then led to the more latent style of neo classicism. The manor showed itself as a miniature flat building (a simple cube shape) with a low parapet, however once approaching and entering the interior proves large and richly decorated created by Robert Couturier. It was placed at the edge of the woods far from other civilization.
The Trianon, designed by Gariel, was a structure that contained four pink marbeled facades and an even set of windows, each designed towards the estate in which it faced. This created a clean set of lines and armature varying throughout as to not seem too plain. The Corinthian order has two detached and two semi-detached pillars to emphasize the French Garden. The pilasters face the courtyard, and the area where the king’s greenhouses use to be. The remaining façades was left empty to pronounce the botanical garden. Once entered the queen would have access to the three floors and the front entrance with its elaborate layout to the more simplified back entrance. The only entrance into the garden that was permitted was that by the order of the queen, and the only people allowed in were Princess de Lamballe and Gabrielle de Polastron.
The structure created an elegance throughout, which suited the life of the queen. The Petit Trianon was seen as a place of pleasure and leisure for the queen in times of stress in the court, so the maids were to serve food on mobile tables that would allow them to set the table out of sight, yet these were not ever acquired. The smaller version of the queens house led to a trend of other wealthy citizens creating their own miniature houses trying to relate to other common lower class people. Marie Antoinette herself built a farm for peasants, calling it the Hameau and spent many days pretending to be a peasant. This was a clear time when it was shown that wealth was getting too prominent, and even the rich in these wealthy establishments didn’t care for the excessiveness of the decoration leaving to get away from their overly-lavish lives. This lead to a change in ornamentation, and left to a new style of architecture.
Marie Antoinette then became queen, Louis XV sanctioned it for her use only, creating a destination where the nineteen-year-old queen could hide away from the stress of Royalty. The Petit Trianon was the first example of Rococo style which blended in many aspects of baroque architecture which then led to the more latent style of neo classicism. The manor showed itself as a miniature flat building (a simple cube shape) with a low parapet, however once approaching and entering the interior proves large and richly decorated created by Robert Couturier. It was placed at the edge of the woods far from other civilization.
The Trianon, designed by Gariel, was a structure that contained four pink marbeled facades and an even set of windows, each designed towards the estate in which it faced. This created a clean set of lines and armature varying throughout as to not seem too plain. The Corinthian order has two detached and two semi-detached pillars to emphasize the French Garden. The pilasters face the courtyard, and the area where the king’s greenhouses use to be. The remaining façades was left empty to pronounce the botanical garden. Once entered the queen would have access to the three floors and the front entrance with its elaborate layout to the more simplified back entrance. The only entrance into the garden that was permitted was that by the order of the queen, and the only people allowed in were Princess de Lamballe and Gabrielle de Polastron.
The structure created an elegance throughout, which suited the life of the queen. The Petit Trianon was seen as a place of pleasure and leisure for the queen in times of stress in the court, so the maids were to serve food on mobile tables that would allow them to set the table out of sight, yet these were not ever acquired. The smaller version of the queens house led to a trend of other wealthy citizens creating their own miniature houses trying to relate to other common lower class people. Marie Antoinette herself built a farm for peasants, calling it the Hameau and spent many days pretending to be a peasant. This was a clear time when it was shown that wealth was getting too prominent, and even the rich in these wealthy establishments didn’t care for the excessiveness of the decoration leaving to get away from their overly-lavish lives. This lead to a change in ornamentation, and left to a new style of architecture.
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Work cited
trianonhttps://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/petit-trianon-palace-
versailleshttp://www.francetraveltips.com/marie-antoinettes-petit-trianon-hamlet/
Ledoux-Lebard, Denise. Versailles, Le Petit Trianon: Le
Mobilier Des Inventaires De 1807, 1810 Et 1839. Editions De LAmateur,
1989.
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