La noble simplicité – wrocławska rezydencja Fryderyka II Hohenzollerna a zjawisko klasycyzacji rokoka
La Noble Simplicité: the Wrocław Residence of Frederic II Hohenzollern and the Phenomenon of Rococo Classicizing

Summary/Abstract: The restrained and dispassionate in its expression decoration of the interior of Frederick II’s Tract in Wrocław (1751-1753) did not, as previously believed, result from economizing, but constituted an inherent element in the process of Rococo classicizing, at the time also spreading throughout the homeland of this style: France. Representing the Enlightenment frame of mind, Frederick II appreciated Palladio’s architecture; the Wrocław facility’s architect and designer of its interior decoration Johann Boumann derived predilection for rational-form architecture from his native Netherlands, and the author of the sculpture decoration Johann Michel Hoppenhaupt had prefe¬rence for symmetrical forms. Furthermore, masonic motifs appeared in the iconographic programme of the Tract’s Library. However, a broad margin for Rococo fantasy was reserved in some of the still lifes (Augustin Dubuisson) in overdoors and panneaux.

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