Queen Marie Antoinette Suite

Era: Baroque 1620-1700

Monarch: Queen Marie Antoinette of France

Artist: Carravaggio

Interior Characteristics:

• The Baroque period began in Italy following the High Renaissance period.
• It was used primarily in religious buildings.
• The architecture and interior design made a new importance on painted figures and forms and sculpture.
• It is concerned with reality of appearance, and insists on the substance, colour and texture of things
• Classical forms and nature became the inspiration for this period using leaves, scrolls, flowers, wreaths, vines, and leaves. Walls were shaped and formed to curve and eclipse.
• The overall idea of the Baroque period was to strike the eye and excite people, not to suggest calmness.