The Difference Between Baroque and Rococo: Stillness and Movement

A Neoclassical interior that is distinctly not Baroque. Baroque surfaces are never still: projecting and receding moldings, twisted columns, flowing sculptural draperies; Rococo features asymmetrical shell scrolls and pastels. Here, it is the complete opposite: columns are straight and fluted, moldings are horizontal straight setbacks, patterns are regularly repeated, and the composition is absolutely symmetrical. The overall impression is quiet and restrained. Avoid: using twisted columns and undulating curved moldings, adding shell and C-scroll motifs, using asymmetrical compositions, making decorations appear dynamically flowing.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個明顯不是巴洛克的新古典室內。巴洛克的表面沒有一處是靜止的:凸出凹入的線腳、扭轉的柱、飄動的雕塑帷幔;洛可可則是不對稱的貝殼捲飾與粉彩。這裡完全相反:柱身是筆直有凹槽的、線腳是水平的直線退縮、紋樣是規則重複的、構圖絕對對稱。整體是安靜而克制的。避免:使用扭轉柱與起伏的曲面線腳、加入貝殼與 C 形捲飾、使用不對稱的構圖、把裝飾做成動態飄動的樣子。