tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post1653588679301053097..comments2023-12-30T03:21:15.151-05:00Comments on Emily Evans Eerdmans: "French Regency" : Non Mirabile DictuEmily Evans Eerdmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12434821015450147843noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-70259662178857436092010-04-19T13:30:28.314-04:002010-04-19T13:30:28.314-04:00Very neat explanation. I love the way that for man...Very neat explanation. I love the way that for many UK/US art historians, it has become a matter of pride (politics?) to rename everything as if the arts world had always been UK/US centered. It makes sense to talk about the Regency style in England and arguably the US, but indeed not in France.<br /><br />Another element which is confusing: what French people call classicism (Louis XIV's style after the Baroque at the beginning of his reign), UK/US art historians often call "classicising baroque" which sounds like an oxymoron since French Classicism/Atticism was developed "against" Baroque...davidikushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01122152277968126355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-47349779456478580862010-04-18T18:44:23.989-04:002010-04-18T18:44:23.989-04:00Anonymous, you do have a point. I have always hear...Anonymous, you do have a point. I have always heard French Regence referred to as Regence - never Regency - that this didn't even occur to me. However in this particular context and looking at the architect's very neoclassically-inspired work (which prompted my rant), I believe a malapropism did take place in this instance. Thank you for rounding out the conversation. EEEEmily Evans Eerdmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434821015450147843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-69751099881207587362010-04-18T18:36:01.707-04:002010-04-18T18:36:01.707-04:00Up to a point…
OUR (French) Regency (“Régence”) is...Up to a point…<br />OUR (French) Regency (“Régence”) is the period between the death of Louis XIV (1715) and the official majority of Louis XV (1723), roughly one hundred years before the period and styles (“Regency”, “Empire”) you are referring to. Aesthetically, a very different animal: think half way between Louis XIV and Louis XV. I would refer to the early 1700s as “French Regency” to distinguish it from “English Regency”, i.e. the end of George III’s reign, in an English-speaking context, simply as “Régence” in a French context. There was no regency in France in the early XIXth C., although there were “regencies” before Louis XIII and Louis XIV came of age, due to their predecessor monarch’s untimely death.<br />I hope this is clear.<br />(I just noticed this is a year old…..)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-25151839826706344652009-04-21T09:58:00.000-04:002009-04-21T09:58:00.000-04:00Great clarification Emily! I actually thought you ...Great clarification Emily! I actually thought you did a superb job of explaining and differentiating between the two in RR.The Peak of Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-77873070546660675922009-04-13T10:18:00.000-04:002009-04-13T10:18:00.000-04:00Rose, isn't Mr. Worthington the best? I think we ...Rose, isn't Mr. Worthington the best? I think we should all make a pact to refer to Regency and Empire as "Butch Classical" from now on.<BR/><BR/>I'm so relieved you weren't all bored to tears by this post - while writing it, I could just imagine your eyes all glazing over.Emily Evans Eerdmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12434821015450147843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-68242575313834341282009-04-12T21:00:00.000-04:002009-04-12T21:00:00.000-04:00Great article and photos. Fantastic!Great article and photos. Fantastic!Ivory Pearl Interiorshttp://www.ivorypearlinteriors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-40488450120031288662009-04-12T20:09:00.000-04:002009-04-12T20:09:00.000-04:00*Love* Toby Worthington's irreverent glossary. Ver...*Love* Toby Worthington's irreverent glossary. Very very funny.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-60572941686517713692009-04-11T11:30:00.000-04:002009-04-11T11:30:00.000-04:00BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT BRILLIANT- You go gurl!!Fasci...BRILLIANT, BRILLIANT BRILLIANT- You go gurl!!<BR/>Fascinating, clarifying, educational, smarty pants... a true pleasure to sit back and learn something from someone who knows her stuff and serves it up with such elegant wit. Tell us more please....<BR/><BR/>Oh, and thank you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-68202498633215330452009-04-11T02:09:00.000-04:002009-04-11T02:09:00.000-04:00What a fantastically informative post - thank you,...What a fantastically informative post - thank you, it is always confusing what belongs to what period. Have a wonderful weekend, xv.vicki archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847183975086900816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-25990214213889768232009-04-10T21:53:00.000-04:002009-04-10T21:53:00.000-04:00Nicely and neatly clarified.I've noticed that John...Nicely and neatly clarified.<BR/>I've noticed that John Cornforth generally refers to late Regency as the Post Waterloo Period. And I've heard it termed Fat Classical as well, to distinguish it from the attenuated, more graceful early Regency styles. Or, if you like, Butch Classical. More to the point, really.Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8591223218619839288.post-84330358897198449422009-04-10T18:29:00.000-04:002009-04-10T18:29:00.000-04:00Emily, thank you for responding to my question abo...Emily, thank you for responding to my question about French Regency. This is a wonderful, illuminating post and i feel much wiser now about<BR/>the transition from neoclassical to regency. Yes, this is a real direction-finder. Much appreciated.Rose C'est La Viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17193872186283731567noreply@blogger.com