Editing Baroque (section)

===French Baroque===
{{main|French Baroque architecture|Louis XIV style}}
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File:Château de Maisons-Laffitte 001.jpg|[[Château de Maisons]], France, by [[François Mansart]], 1630–1651{{sfn|Hopkins|2014|p=85}}

Galerie d'Apollon du Louvre déserte 1.jpg|[[Galerie d'Apollon]], Louvre Palace, Paris, by [[Louis Le Vau]] and [[Charles Le Brun]], after 1661<ref>{{cite book|last1=Sharman|first1=Ruth|title=Yves Saint Laurent & Art|date=2022|publisher=Thames & Hudson|isbn=978-0-500-02544-4|page=147|url=|language=en}}</ref>

File:Louvre-facade-est.jpg|[[Louvre Colonnade|East front]] of the Louvre Palace, Paris, by [[Claude Perrault]] and Louis Le Vau, 1665–1680{{sfn|Hopkins|2014|p=86}}
Versailles Chapel - July 2006 edit.jpg|[[Chapels of Versailles#Fifth Chapel|Chapel of the Palace of Versailles]], Versailles, France, 1696–1710<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Henry|title=Le Style Louis XIV|date=1927|publisher=Flammarion|isbn=|page=39|url=|language=fr}}</ref>
File:Porte Saint-Denis 01.jpg|[[Porte Saint-Denis]], Paris, by [[François Blondel]], 1672<ref>{{cite book|last1=Larbodière|first1=Jean-Marc|title=L'Architecture de Paris des Origins à Aujourd'hui|date=2015|publisher=Massin|isbn=978-2-7072-0915-3|page=73|url=|language=fr}}</ref>
File:Cathédrale Saint-Louis-des-Invalides, 140309 2.jpg|[[Les Invalides|Dôme des Invalides]], Paris, by [[Jules Hardouin-Mansart]], 1677–1706{{sfn|Bailey|2012|p=238}}
File:Chateau Versailles Galerie des Glaces.jpg|[[Hall of Mirrors]] of the Palace of Versailles, 1678–1684<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Henry|title=Le Style Louis XIV|date=1927|publisher=Flammarion|isbn=|page=31|url=|language=fr}}</ref>
File:Palace of Versailles June 2010.jpg|Garden façade of the Palace of Versailles, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1678–1688<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Henry|title=Le Style Louis XIV|date=1927|publisher=Flammarion|isbn=|page=21|url=|language=fr}}</ref>
File:Cour de Marbre du Château de Versailles October 5, 2011.jpg|Marble Court of the Palace of Versailles, 1680<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Henry|title=Le Style Louis XIV|date=1927|publisher=Flammarion|isbn=|page=18|url=|language=fr}}</ref>
File:Place Vendome, Paris 20 April 2011.jpg|[[Place Vendôme]], Paris, by Jules Hardouin-Mansart, 1699–1706<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Henry|title=Le Style Louis XIV|date=1927|publisher=Flammarion|isbn=|page=15|url=|language=fr}}</ref>
File:Hôtel de Rothelin - façade cour.jpg|[[Hôtel de Rothelin-Charolais]], Paris, by [[Pierre Cailleteau]], 1700–1704<ref>{{cite book|last1=Martin|first1=Henry|title=Le Style Louis XIV|date=1927|publisher=Flammarion|isbn=|page=37|url=|language=fr}}</ref>
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Baroque in France developed quite differently from the ornate and dramatic local versions of Baroque from Italy, Spain and the rest of Europe. It appears severe, more detached and restrained by comparison, preempting [[Neoclassicism]] and the architecture of the [[Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]]. Unlike Italian buildings, French Baroque buildings have no broken pediments or curvilinear façades. Even religious buildings avoided the intense spatial drama one finds in the work of [[Borromini]]. The style is closely associated with the works built for [[Louis XIV]] (reign 1643–1715), and because of this, it is also known as the [[Louis XIV style]]. Louis XIV invited the master of Baroque, Bernini, to submit a design for the new [[Louvre Colonnade|east wing of the Louvre]], but rejected it in favor of a more classical design by [[Claude Perrault]] and [[Louis Le Vau]].<ref>Cabanne (1988) pp. 25–32.</ref>{{sfn|Jones|2014|p=223}}

The main architects of the style included [[François Mansart]] (1598–1666), [[Pierre Le Muet]] (Church of [[Val-de-Grâce (church)|Val-de-Grâce]], 1645–1665) and [[Louis Le Vau]] ([[Vaux-le-Vicomte]], 1657–1661). Mansart was the first architect to introduce Baroque styling, principally the frequent use of an applied [[Classical order|order]] and heavy [[rustication (architecture)|rustication]], into the French architectural vocabulary. The [[mansard roof]] was not invented by Mansart, but it has become associated with him, as he used it frequently.{{sfn|Hopkins|2014|pp=84, 85}}

The major royal project of the period was the expansion of [[Palace of Versailles]], begun in 1661 by Le Vau with decoration by the painter [[Charles Le Brun]]. The [[Gardens of Versailles|gardens]] were designed by [[André Le Nôtre]] specifically to complement and amplify the architecture. The Galerie des Glaces ([[Hall of Mirrors]]), the centerpiece of the château, with paintings by Le Brun, was constructed between 1678 and 1686. Mansart completed the [[Grand Trianon]] in 1687. The chapel, designed by [[Robert de Cotte]], was finished in 1710. Following the death of Louis XIV, [[Louis XV]] added the more intimate [[Petit Trianon]] and the highly ornate theatre. The fountains in the gardens were designed to be seen from the interior, and to add to the dramatic effect. The palace was admired and copied by other monarchs of Europe, particularly [[Peter the Great]] of Russia, who visited Versailles early in the reign of Louis XV, and built his own version at [[Peterhof Palace]] near Saint Petersburg, between 1705 and 1725.<ref>Cabanne (1988), pp. 28–33.</ref>