Biedermeier

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Biedermeier was a Central European cultural and artistic style of the early 19th century characterized by middle-class domesticity, simplicity, and restrained elegance in art, furniture, and interior design.

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Biedermeier period 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art movement
cultural period
design style
historical style
emergedAfter Napoleonic Wars
hasArtisticTheme domestic scenes
everyday life
landscapes
portraits of middle-class people
hasCharacteristic bourgeois values
clarity of form
domesticity
elegance
emphasis on comfort
emphasis on private life
functionality
intimacy
modesty
reduced ornamentation
restraint
simplicity
hasCulturalContext middle-class culture
hasEndTime circa 1848
hasEtymology derived from the satirical name "Biedermeier" for a conventional middle-class man
hasField architecture
decorative arts
furniture design
interior design
literature
painting
visual arts
hasFurnitureFeature clean lines
functional forms
light woods
minimal carving
veneered surfaces
hasGeographicRegion Austrian Habsburg Monarchy
surface form: Austrian Empire

Central Europe
German Confederation
German-speaking Europe
hasInfluenceOn 19th-century interior design
Scandinavian modern design
modern furniture design
hasInteriorDesignFeature cozy rooms
intimate scale
practical furnishings
hasMaterialPreference birch wood
cherry wood
walnut wood
hasSocialBase bourgeoisie
urban middle class
hasStartTime circa 1815
hasTimePeriod early 19th century
isContemporaryWith Biedermeier self-linksurface differs
surface form: Biedermeier period

Romanticism
precedes Wilhelminian style
surface form: Gründerzeit style

Historicism
relatedTo Vormärz
surface form: Vormärz period

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Biedermeier isContemporaryWith Biedermeier self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Biedermeier period
Neoclassicism relatedMovement Biedermeier