Louis XIV style
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The Louis XIV style or Louis Quatorze, also called French classicism, was the style of architecture and decorative arts intended to glorify King Louis XIV and his reign. It featured majesty, harmony a
Palace of Versailles (1661–1710)
Vaux le Vicomte by Louis Le Vau (1658)
The Louvre Colonnade by Louis Le Vau, Charles Le Brun, and Claude Perrault (1667–1678)
The Grand Trianon by Jules Hardouin-Mansart (1680–1687)
French Baroque architecture
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French Baroque architecture, usually called French classicism, was a style of architecture during the reigns of Louis XIII, Louis XIV and Louis XV. It was preceded by French Renaissance architecture a
Château de Maisons-Laffitte by François Mansart, (1630–51)
Palais du Luxembourg by Salomon de Brosse (1615–1620)
Vaux-le-Vicomte near Paris, by Louis Le Vau and André Le Nôtre, (1656-1661)