dolls house source information about Georgian styles - rococo baroque palladian and queen anne

Eighteenth Century People & Style

This section contains source and background information about the important people, styles and architectural influences of the Georgian era. There are pages about each Georgian monarch and the Regency. There are also features on the great furniture designers and architects of the day.

Here several very distinctive styles popular in the Georgian and Regency eras are discussed.

Aesthetic movement - Art for Arts sake
Baroque - more opulent and exaggerated than many of our perceptions of Georgian and Regency design
Classicism, Ne-Classicism & Romanticism, comparison of three inter-related styles
Rococo - curves and swirls influenced by interior design in France
Palladian - inspired by Andrea Palladio and characterised by distinctive Palladian windows with fanlight and window panels to either side of the main windown
Queen Anne furniture - an attempt to make stylish, well crafted available to more than the very wealthy

All four work well in Georgian dolls houses and can be reproduced easily enough.

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