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who, mirroring the profiles of Greek vases, emphasized the use of the profile; his subject matter often involved classical history (the death of
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baroque rooms of Louis XIV were redesigned. The official etiquette was also simplified and the notion of privacy was expanded: the king himself retreated from the official bed at night and conversed in private with his mistress.
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of furniture (once again already present in the previous reign) tended toward circles and ovals in chair backs; chair legs were grooved; Greek inspired iconography was used as decoration.
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in France, that is to say a conscious use of Greek and Roman forms and iconography. In painting, the greatest representative of this style is
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of the Académie of painting and sculpture and his comments and criticisms are a vital document on the arts of this period.
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