2-Art-History-Sculpture-Furniture

Egyptian furniture

It was heavy and angular.

Etruscan furniture

It used primitive and Tuscan themes.

Greek furniture

It was classical.

Roman furniture

It is classical.

Gothic furniture

Style derived from Gothic cathedrals and used carved and heavy pieces, sometimes with iron bands, such as chests and X-framed chairs.

Florentine furniture

It was classical style.

Italian furniture

It was baroque.

Spanish furniture

It is heavy and ornate.

Neoclassical furnitur 1500

It is classical.

Tudor furniture

It had carving or paneling. Chairs had high backs.

Elizabethan furniture 1500

Heavy, carved, and austere style began.

Jacobean furniture

King James I style [1603 to 1625] used upholstery and Italianate carving, especially arabesques on cupboards.

Baroque furniture

It was intricate and fluid.

Louis XIII furniture

It was angular and heavy, using Italian style plus Spain and Flanders.

Colonial furniture

It was classical.

Louis XIV furniture

Subdued Baroque style of Louis XIV [1643 to 1715] was formal and used carved or painted animals, mythological animals, fruit and flower garlands, and fleur-de-lis.

William and Mary furniture

King William III and Queen Mary II [1670 to 1690] style used Dutch influences, such as floral marquetry and oyster shell veneer.

Sheraton T

He lived 1751 to 1806. It was a light linear neoclassical style based on Adam and Hepplewhite. It used contrasting veneers, inlay, and painted decorations. Chair backs had urns, swags, or lyres.

Pennsylvanian furniture

It is simple and austere.

Rococo furniture

Hardwoods with scrollwork and curves derived from Régence and Baroque.

Chinese furniture

It used lacquer or bamboo.

Queen Anne furniture

Style differed from previous French style. Walnut veneer, gentle curves, cabriole legs, and serpentine arms were in secretaries and china cupboards.

Georgian furniture

Style derived from Queen Anne, but added decorations and ornaments, such as leaves, masks, and eagle and lion heads and claws.

Regence furniture

During regency from death of Louis XIV [1715] to ascension of Louis XV [1723], furniture moved from Baroque to rococo.

Louis XV furniture

Rococo style of Louis XV [1732 to 1774] was small and rounded, with ornaments. Veneers often had Oriental lacquer or porcelain plaques.

Neo-Gothic furniture 1700

Style used Gothic arches and tracery.

Neoclassical furnitur 1700

Style used Greek, Roman, and Egyptian designs of archaeological finds.

New England Windsor furni

It derived from Windsor style.

Adam Adam

Robert lived 1728 to 1792. James lived 1732 to 1794. It replaced Rococo and Palladian.

Chippendale T

He lived 1718 to 1779. It derived from late Baroque, Rococo, Louis XV, and Georgian. Chippendale Gothic and Chinese Chippendale derived from it.

Louis XVI furniture

Neoclassical style of Louis XVI [1774 to 1792] was geometric with architectural decoration.

Wedgwood J

He lived 1730 to 1792 and manufactured china.

Federal furniture

Style derived from Adam, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton.

Heppelwhite G

He lived ? to 1786 and drew furniture designs [1786]. Style derived from Adam and neoclassical but was lighter and more curved. Chairs can have Prince-of-Wales feathers on back.

Directoire

Style removed royal traits from Louis XVI.

Phyfe D

He lived 1768 to 1854 and defined Federal style. He used rectilinear style, with veneer, inlay, and brass feet.

Regency furniture

Prince of Wales [1811 to 1820] style derived from French Directoire and Empire styles and used Greek and Roman furniture designs, such as Klismos chair.

Biedermeier

Strong and simple style derived from French Empire. Biedermeier was a cartoon figure representing German country gentlemen.

Mediterranean furniture

It is light and functional.

Provincial furniture

Cheaper and simpler styles came from main styles.

Shaker furniture

Practical design used plain wood in smooth lines, such as in ladder-back chair.

Spanish Credenza furniture

It is heavy and ornate.

Empire furniture

Neoclassical, Egyptian, and Roman imperial style used decorated woods and metals, featuring bees, crowns, laurels, mythological figures, and letter N.

Hitchcock L

He lived 1795 to 1852. First mass produced furniture in USA.

Elizabethan furniture 1800

It was heavy, carved, and austere.

Neo-Gothic furniture 1800

Style mixed Gothic and Neoclassical.

Thonet M

He lived 1796 to 1871.

Victorian furniture

Queen Victoria [1837 to 1901] style derived from rococo and Louis XV, using curves, horsehair upholstery, and carving.

Art Nouveau furniture

It used floral designs and curves.

Morris William

William Morris lived 1834 to 1896 and led Arts and Crafts movement.

Morris Ruskin Stickley

Morris lived 1834 to 1896. Ruskin lived 1819 to 1900. Stickley lived 1858 to 1942. They started a craft style {Arts and Crafts movement}.

Stickley G

He lived 1858 to 1942. Oak furniture design derived from English Arts and Crafts. Gustav Stickley and Roycroft Community were in upstate New York State. Craftsman Magazine [1901] featured its designs.

International furniture

German Bauhaus designers, such as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, used simple lines with no decoration and used chrome and glass. It allowed factory production.

Danish Modern

It used molded wood and plywood.

Art Deco furniture

It used plastic and metal in architecture, interior design, and industrial design.

Moderne furniture

Style derived from Art Deco and International. It was asymmetric or contrasted curves and straight lines, used polished surfaces and plastic, and used skyscraper designs.

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