The French period of Interior Design and Architecture was divided into many periods, on important one being the baroque period. This period was made mainly by the "Louis'" including Louis XIV. A well known sort of emblem that was prominent with Louis was the letter L, it was double looped and elaborate. This was something that was used on many things that distinguished something from this time period. Some of the important people, saught after people as a matter of fact, included Louis Le Vau who was an architect , Andre Le Notre who was a garden designer, Charles LeBrun who painted interiors and decorated, and Puget who was a sculptor. With this mix of people the King could get every job done for the building of his structures. This group worked together many times and made some of the most envied buildings of the time.
One of the most important buildings of the time period was the Palais de Versailles, the Hall of Mirrors. The windows open into a mirror. The hall was 240 feet long, 34 wide, and 43 high. It included the Barrell vault, and Le Brun's largest allegorical painting. Here there was tons of furniture, chandeliers, sconces, planters that were all solid silver. Because of this being so expensive the regular people were upset by how much they were being charged in taxes to support the building that they did not benefit from much,so they ended up burning down part of the building.
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