French classicism

E281912

artistic movement literary movement

French classicism is a 17th–18th century literary and artistic movement centered in France that emphasized order, clarity, rationality, and adherence to strict formal rules inspired by ancient Greek and Roman models.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
French classicism canonical	8
French Classicism	4
French academic classicism	2
French classical theatre	2
Classicism	1
French Classical architecture	1
French classical Baroque	1
FrenchClassicism	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artistic movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ
aim	intellectual clarity ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ
appliesToDiscipline	architecture ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ painting ⓘ theatre ⓘ
associatedWith	Académie française ⓘ Cardinal Richelieu ⓘ Louis XIV of France ⓘ surface form: Louis XIV
coreIdea	adherence to rules ⓘ decorum ⓘ didactic purpose of art ⓘ imitation of classical models ⓘ universalism ⓘ verisimilitude ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
endTime	18th century ⓘ
followedBy	Neoclassicism ⓘ surface form: French Neoclassicism Rococo ⓘ surface form: French Rococo
follows	French Renaissance ⓘ Mannerism ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ didactic poetry ⓘ fable ⓘ oratory ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
hasPart	French classical architecture ⓘ French classical music ⓘ French classical painting ⓘ French classical theatre ⓘ
inception	17th century ⓘ
inspiredBy	Ancient Greek art ⓘ Ancient Roman art ⓘ classical antiquity ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
location	Château de Versailles ⓘ surface form: Palace of Versailles Paris ⓘ
majorFigure	André Le Nôtre ⓘ Charles Le Brun ⓘ François Mansart ⓘ Jean Racine ⓘ Jean de La Fontaine ⓘ Jules Hardouin-Mansart ⓘ Molière ⓘ Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux ⓘ Pierre Corneille ⓘ
movementCharacteristic	clarity ⓘ formalism ⓘ harmony ⓘ order ⓘ rationality ⓘ restraint ⓘ symmetry ⓘ
opposedTo	baroque ⓘ
theatricalPrinciple	three unities ⓘ unity of action ⓘ unity of place ⓘ unity of time ⓘ

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Subject: French classicism
Description of subject: French classicism is a 17th–18th century literary and artistic movement centered in France that emphasized order, clarity, rationality, and adherence to strict formal rules inspired by ancient Greek and Roman models.

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Johann Christoph Gottsched → influencedBy → French classicism ⓘ

Eustache Le Sueur → movement → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Classicism

The Holy Family on the Steps → creatorArtisticSchool → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French classical Baroque

Jean Racine → movement → French classicism ⓘ

Tartuffe → literaryMovement → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French classical theatre

Gustave Crauck → influencedBy → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French academic classicism

Dutch Classicism → relatedStyle → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Classicism

Perrault → movement → French classicism ⓘ

subject surface form: Charles Perrault

Ordonnance des cinq espèces de colonnes selon la méthode des Anciens → historicalContext → French classicism ⓘ

Gottsched → influencedBy → French classicism ⓘ

subject surface form: Johann Christoph Gottsched

Versuch einer critischen Dichtkunst vor die Deutschen → influencedBy → French classicism ⓘ

Jacques Gabriel (Jacques V Gabriel) → movement → French classicism ⓘ

subject surface form: Jacques Gabriel

Pierre Corneille → movement → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French classical theatre

Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux → movement → French classicism ⓘ

La Fontaine’s Fables → literaryMovement → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: FrenchClassicism

Hôtel de Ville de Tours (restoration and extension) → architecturalMovement → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French academic classicism

Ancien Régime in Paris → hasCulturalMovement → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Classicism

Ancien Régime in Paris → hasArchitectureStyle → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Classical architecture

Classicism → associatedWith → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Classicism

Bourbon France → culturalMovement → French classicism ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Classicism