Biedermeier

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art movement cultural period design style historical style

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Biedermeier canonical 5
Biedermeier architecture 4
Biedermeier culture 1

Statements (58)

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

Referenced by (13)

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

Neoclassicism → relatedMovement → Biedermeier ⓘ
Biedermeier → isContemporaryWith → Biedermeier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biedermeier period
Empfindsamkeit → influenced → Biedermeier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biedermeier culture
Baden bei Wien → hasFeature → Biedermeier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biedermeier architecture
Baden bei Wien → historicalPeriodOfFlourishing → Biedermeier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biedermeier era
Johann Peter Krafft → movement → Biedermeier ⓘ
St. Marx Cemetery, Vienna → hasArchitecturalStyle → Biedermeier ⓘ
Cappi & Diabelli → historicalContext → Biedermeier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biedermeier period in Austria
Vormärz → relatedTo → Biedermeier ⓘ
Wieden → hasArchitecturalStyle → Biedermeier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biedermeier architecture
Josefstadt → hasArchitecturalStyle → Biedermeier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biedermeier architecture
Alsergrund → hasHeritage → Biedermeier ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biedermeier architecture
Gründerzeit → follows → Biedermeier ⓘ