{"id":57640,"date":"2025-11-17T07:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T06:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hartdesignselection.com\/?p=57640"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:25:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:25:21","slug":"the-regence-style-1715-1723-the-transitional-style-between-louis-xiv-and-louis-xv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hartdesignselection.com\/en\/the-regence-style-1715-1723-the-transitional-style-between-louis-xiv-and-louis-xv\/","title":{"rendered":"The French Regency style (1715-1723): the (french) transitional style between Louis XIV and Louis XV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This silent but decisive revolution transforms our conception of French elegance. The first R\u00e9gence curves<\/strong> already outline the future of rococo and Louis XV<\/a> aesthetic, while the last Louis XIV<\/a> symmetries<\/strong> testify to a still-present past.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Regency Style: When France breaks free from Versailles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Regency style “R\u00e9gence” in french, revolutionizes Western art<\/a> by marking the transition between Louis XIV’s grandeur<\/a> and rococo grace<\/a><\/strong>. This period of aesthetic liberation reflects the emancipation of French society after the death “Le Roi Soleil” ( the Sun King) : from Versailles constraint to Parisian freedom<\/strong>, from imposed magnificence to chosen refinement<\/strong>. The French R\u00e9gence<\/strong> invents an art of living that reconciles inherited grandeur with emerging modernity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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R\u00e9gence: the creative explosion of liberation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This brief but extraordinary period, marked by eight years of innovation<\/strong> and aesthetic renewal, definitively transforms French art and heralds the decorative revolutions of the 18th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decisive chronology:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 1715-1723: Regency of Philippe d’Orl\u00e9ans (8 years)
\u2022 1715: Return of the court to Paris \u2013 revolution in lifestyles
\u2022 European influence: French inspiration, emancipation of courts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The revolution of freedom<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This era upends all the codes of Versailles decorative art. The artist-creator breaks free from royal protocol, while Parisian aristocracy<\/strong> becomes the prescriber of emerging European taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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R\u00e9gence Salon, H\u00f4tel de Toulouse, Paris, Robert de Cotte, 1719<\/em>. Source<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Charles Cressent<\/strong>, Robert de Cotte<\/strong>, Germain Boffrand<\/strong> embody this creative revolution that definitively transforms Western art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The emergence of Parisian society<\/strong> revolutionizes lifestyles. Theater, opera, conversation inspire an art that celebrates refined sociability<\/strong> and modern domestic harmony.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This social transformation generates an unprecedented aesthetic that still influences our contemporary vision of French luxury<\/strong> and the art of entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n \n \n

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