{"id":64189,"date":"2020-01-16T01:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T23:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grapheine.com\/graphic-design-en\/recherches-identite-visuelle-du-centre-musique-baroque-versailles"},"modified":"2022-12-21T10:19:36","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T09:19:36","slug":"graphic-baroque-research-cmbv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grapheine.com\/en\/news-agency\/graphic-baroque-research-cmbv","title":{"rendered":"Graphic and baroque research for the CMBV"},"content":{"rendered":"
We recently presented the visual identity we designed for the CMBV - Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles<\/a>.<\/p>\n This mission, which is still ongoing, began in 2017. During these three years, we have had two different directors, including a long period of vacancy. It is always delicate to lead a design project in such a changing context. We had therefore worked to propose different solutions to implement this new identity. Many tests were proposed. Some were used. Others remained in the boxes. In this article, we propose to present them to you.<\/p>\n Let's start with a brief analysis of the subject that will shed light on our thought process.<\/p>\n A more free and original art<\/strong> The art of contrast<\/strong> An obscure clarity<\/strong> There is also a characterization a little more precise as an uneven and contrasted light. Giulio Carlo Argan thinks that the baroque period \"exploits the accidents of the light and the luminous diversity of the different moments of the day\" (1957).Baroque art in a few words...<\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=\"41969\" img_size=\"large\"][vc_column_text]\n
If classical compositions are illustrated by a marked taste for rectilinear, ordered, rigorous organization, those of the baroque will be more imaginative, even whimsical, irregular, made of curves and counter-curves. The term \"baroque\" comes from the Portuguese and designates irregularly shaped rocks or pearls, then by extension, everything that is extravagant.<\/p>\n
In music, the baroque style also expresses a lot of contrasts and oppositions:
- held notes\/short notes or low\/high notes...
- dark\/light (a major chord at the end of a minor piece)...
- Appearance of the concerto (from the Italian \"concertar\", \"to dialogue\" in French) which puts in opposition a soloist to the rest of the orchestra.
- the opposition between inventive pieces (prelude, toccata, fantasy) and constructed pieces (fugue)<\/p>\n
For the art historian Heinrich W\u00f4lfflin, \"the Baroque style seeks to round off everything that is flat, to gain everywhere in shape, light and shadow. By reinforcing the contrast of light and dark, one can enhance the impression created to the point of giving that of a true forward gush\" (1888).<\/p>\n
The baroque light would be thus a light in chiaroscuro being opposed to that of the period which precedes it.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=\"42487\" img_size=\"large\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n