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  2. French provincial architecture - Wikipedia

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    American soldiers admired the architecture of rural France and who returned from the war they built homes in the style. In the United States the style remained popular though the 1920s. [1] By 1932 nearly one in three homes in America had French Provincial design elements.The style fell out of favor in the 1930s, [6] but had a resurgence in the ...

  3. French colonial architecture - Wikipedia

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    French colonial architecture includes several styles of architecture used by the French during colonization. Many former French colonies , especially those in Southeast Asia , have previously been reluctant to promote their colonial architecture as an asset for tourism ; however, in recent times, the new generation of local authorities has ...

  4. French architecture - Wikipedia

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    French Colonial is a style of architecture used by the French during colonization. Many former French colonies, especially those in Southeast Asia, have previously been reluctant to promote their colonial architecture as an asset for tourism; however, in recent times, the new generation of local authorities has somewhat 'embraced' the ...

  5. French Baroque architecture - Wikipedia

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    French Baroque architecture, usually called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII (1610–1643), Louis XIV (1643–1715) and Louis XV (1715–1774). It was preceded by French Renaissance architecture and Mannerism and was followed in the second half of the 18th century by French Neoclassical architecture .

  6. Rococo architecture - Wikipedia

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    Rococo architecture, prevalent during the reign of Louis XV in France from 1715 to 1774, is an exceptionally ornamental and exuberant architectural style characterized by the use of rocaille motifs such as shells, curves, mascarons, arabesques, and other classical elements.

  7. Category:Architecture in France by period or style - Wikipedia

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    Category: Architecture in France by period or style. 24 languages. ... Medieval French architecture (3 C, 15 P) Modernist architecture in France (4 C, 46 P) N.

  8. Louis XVI style - Wikipedia

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    Louis XVI style, also called Louis Seize, is a style of architecture, furniture, decoration and art which developed in France during the 19-year reign of Louis XVI (1774–1792), just before the French Revolution. It saw the final phase of the Baroque style as well as the birth of French Neoclassicism. The style was a reaction against the ...

  9. Louis XV style - Wikipedia

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    The Louis XV style or Louis Quinze (/ ˌ l uː i ˈ k æ̃ z /, French: [lwi kɛ̃z]) is a style of architecture and decorative arts which appeared during the reign of Louis XV. From 1710 until about 1730, a period known as the Régence , it was largely an extension of the Louis XIV style of his great-grandfather and predecessor, Louis XIV .