NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

• Neoclassical architecture


  Architectural styles that started in the mid-18th century, turning away from the grandeur of Rococo style and the Late Baroque
• Neoclassical architecture


  A style principally derived from the architecture of Classical Greece and Rome and the architectural designs of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio
• Types of Neoclassical Architecture

  • Temple Style
• Temple style building design


  • Based on an ancient temple
  • Uncommon during the Renaissance as architects focused mainly on applying classical elements to churches and modern buildings like palazzos and villas
  • Many feature a peristyle (a continuous line of columns around a building), a rare feature of Renaissance architecture
• Most famous Temple Style buildings of the Neoclassical age

  • Panthéon, Paris, by Jacques-Germain Soufflot
  • British Museum, London, Robert Smirke
  • La Madeleine de Paris, by Pierre-Alexandre Vignon
• Palladian style


  Architecture based on Andrea Palladio's style of villa construction
• Palladian buildings


  • Feature a balustrade (railing with vertical supports along the edge of the roof)
  • Have vertical supports within a balustrade known as "balusters" or "spindles"
  • Use a classical method of crowning a building that has a flat or low lying roof
• Robert Adam


  Palladian architect of the Neoclassical period who designed the White House and the United States Capitol
• Palladian architecture shares certain basic features (derived from the villas of Palladio), but takes diverse forms
• The Arts of the Neo-Classic and Romantic Periods include Palladian style
• Classical block style


  • Rectangular or square plan
  • Flat roof
  • Exterior rich in classical detail
  • Repeated classical pattern or series of arches and/or columns
  • Overall impression of a huge classically decorated rectangular block
• Beaux-Arts style


  Classical block aesthetic developed principally by the French École des Beaux-Arts (School of Fine Arts)
• Classical block architecture flourished in the United States, particularly in New York
• Henri Labrouste


  Architect whose masterpiece is the Library of Sainte-Geneviève
• Library of Sainte-Geneviève


  • Designed by Henri Labrouste
• Charles Garnier


  Architect who designed the most famous classical block of all, the Palais Garnier (a Neobaroque opera house)
• Palais Garnier (Paris Opera House)


  • Designed by Charles Garnier
• Classical block style


  Architectural style
• Other buildings in classical block style

  • New York Public Library
  • Boston Public Library
• New York Public Library

  • Designed by Carrere & Hastings
  • Architectural firm, 1895
• New York Public Library


  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New York Public Library 1908c.jpg
• Boston Public Library


  • Designed by Charles Follen Mckim, 1895
  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boston_Library_eb1.jpg
• Arts of the Neo-Classic and Romantic Periods