Style Of Art Of The Neo-classical Furniture And Modern Design

Neoclassical furniture, from 1770s to 1830s, is an important phase in European furniture history. The time exited is not the longest, but its evolution is the most complicated and the styles included were the most than any others. Neoclassical furniture came through two phases, the first one, claimed domestic and freedom, represented by Louis XVI style; contrarily, the second one, claimed hegemony and despotism, represented by Empire style.The dissertation lined in the representative French and English neoclassical furniture and studied the characters of the neoclassical furniture. On the other hand, analyzing the popular neoclassical furniture products in domestic and international markets and using the specific-to-general method, as well as the method of combining theories with practice, it established the theory system of neoclassical-furniture's modern designIn the chart one, it studied the thought source of traditional neoclassical furniture art from social transform to archeological discovery and its material source from architectural art to classical furniture art. Finally, it expressed the neoclassical furniture generally.In the chart two and three, it worked three kinds of French styles, including Louis XVI style, Directoire style and Empire style, and four kinds of English styles, including Adam style, Hepplewhite style, Sheraton style and Regency style, through the aspects of shape, decoration, representatives and furniture category. Otherwise, it studied the design method of neoclassical furniture preliminary by analyzing the different processing and manifestation of the same classical elements in the styles.In the chart four and five, analyzing large numbers of modern neoclassical furniture products, it studied the characters of the modern neoclassical furniture through the aspects of shape, decoration, material and structure. Though design practices, it farther researched the design principle and method of modern neoclassical furniture and established the theory system of neoclassical-furniture's modern design in the aspects of character, design principle and design method.The author hopes the theory system of neoclassical furniture which concluded can help the designers, who develop the neoclassical furniture products, furniture researchers and amateurs. On the other hand, the author wishes the modern design method of European neoclassical furniture would be a reference for the development of Chinese neoclassical furniture.