What are the characteristics of European court architecture?

Baroque architecture is an architectural and decorative style developed on the basis of Italian Renaissance architecture in 17 ~ 18 century. It is characterized by free appearance, dynamic pursuit, rich decoration and sculpture, strong color, and commonly used curved surface and oval space. The original meaning of the word baroque is grotesque, and classicists use it to refer to this architectural style that is considered to be deviant. This style has played an important role in opposing rigid classical forms, pursuing free and unrestrained styles and expressing secular interests, and has influenced city squares, garden art and even literary and art departments. It was once popular in Europe.

French Classical Architecture During the heyday of absolute monarchy of Louis XIII and Louis XIV from17th century to18th century, France began to advocate classical architectural style and built many classical buildings. Classical architecture has rigorous modeling, classical columns are widely used, and interior decoration is rich. The representative works of French classical architecture are large-scale and magnificent palace buildings and memorial square buildings. During this period, the French royal family and powerful ministers built separation halls and gardens, which were imitated by other European countries.

Gothic architecture Gothic architecture is an architectural style that originated in France in the second half of the 1 1 century and was popular in Europe from 13 to15th century. Mainly seen in Catholic churches, it also affects secular buildings. Gothic architecture occupies an important position in the history of architecture with its superb technical and artistic achievements. The structural system of Gothic church consists of stone skeleton coupons and flying buttresses. Its basic unit is to make a double-center skeleton tip coupon on the pillars at the four corners of a square or rectangular plane, one on each side and one on the diagonal, and the roof slate is supported on the coupon to form a vault. In this way, 1 can make coupons with the same height on different spans. The vault is light in weight and clear in intersection, which reduces the thrust of the stamp foot and simplifies the construction.