{"id":1660,"date":"2012-05-03T13:24:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T11:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/couven-museum.de\/?page_id=1660"},"modified":"2026-03-30T16:50:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:50:00","slug":"ccc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/en\/museum\/ccc\/","title":{"rendered":"Biedermeier"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1660\" class=\"elementor elementor-1660 elementor-58\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c5c5f82 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c5c5f82\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c89c7e\" data-id=\"7c89c7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-773f817 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"773f817\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f64c369 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f64c369\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biedermeier<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a237288 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a237288\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Retreat into the Private Sphere<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbb095d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fbb095d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"606\" src=\"https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/couven-museum-biedermeier-768x606.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12012\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/couven-museum-biedermeier-768x606.jpg 768w, https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/couven-museum-biedermeier-460x363.jpg 460w, https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/couven-museum-biedermeier-700x552.jpg 700w, https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/couven-museum-biedermeier-220x174.jpg 220w, https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/couven-museum-biedermeier-1536x1212.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/couven-museum-biedermeier-1900x1499.jpg 1900w, https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/couven-museum-biedermeier.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ef491f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ef491f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-align: left;\">During the Biedermeier period (1815\u20131848), a lifestyle developed that placed the cozy, comfortable home at the center of life. Since the Napoleonic Wars, simplicity and practicality had shaped interior design, as financial resources and raw materials for elaborate decoration were lacking. The living room, with its sofa, table, and chairs, became the ideal retreat for family gatherings. This retreat into private life was already mocked by freethinkers of the time. As a result, \u201cBiedermeier\u201d also became a pejorative term for the apolitical, petit-bourgeois way of life shaped by strict morality and domestic comfort.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d45a2c9 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d45a2c9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/couven-museum.de\/en\/museum\/#sammlung\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">TO THE COLLECTION<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9700c28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9700c28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the Biedermeier period, a lifestyle developed that placed the cozy, comfortable home at the center of life. 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