Beaux-Arts

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Beaux-Arts is a grand, highly ornamented architectural style rooted in classical Greek and Roman forms, popularized in the late 19th and early 20th centuries through the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
historicist style
countryOfOrigin France
developedAt École des Beaux-Arts
educationalInstitutionAssociated École des Beaux-Arts
endTime early 20th century
hasAlternativeName Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

École des Beaux-Arts style
hasCharacteristic axial planning
classical orders
elaborate sculptural decoration
formal hierarchy of spaces
grand scale
integration of architecture and sculpture
monumental staircases
rich ornamentation
sculptural allegory
symmetrical composition
use of balustrades
use of classical pediments
use of colonnades
use of domes
use of grand entrances
use of rusticated bases
influenced American Renaissance architecture
City Beautiful movement
influencedBy Baroque
surface form: Baroque architecture

Renaissance architecture
classical Greek architecture
classical Roman architecture
notableExample Musée d'Orsay
surface form: Gare d'Orsay (former), Paris

Grand Central–42nd Street station
surface form: Grand Central Terminal, New York

Grand Palais, Paris
New York Public Library
surface form: New York Public Library Main Branch

Palais Garnier, Paris
placeOfOrigin Paris
popularIn Canada
Europe
France
Latin America
United States of America
surface form: United States
startTime late 19th century
typicalBuildingType government building
museum
opera house
public building
railway station
urban mansion
usedFor monumental civic centers
urban planning schemes

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Chester Holmes Aldrich architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Newark Public Library, Newark, New Jersey architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Newark Public Library Main Library
Pulitzer Fountain style Beaux-Arts
Pulitzer Fountain artMovement Beaux-Arts
Salón Blanco architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Morgan Memorial Building architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Registry Room architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Hittorff movement Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Jacques Ignace Hittorff
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Victor Horta style Beaux-Arts
Historicist architecture hasMovement Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Anderson House museum architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Anderson House
Cleveland Union Terminal style Beaux-Arts
Palace of Nations architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Francis Keally architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Legion of Honor, San Francisco architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Retiro hasArchitectureStyle Beaux-Arts
William Welles Bosworth genre Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
William Welles Bosworth movement Beaux-Arts
William Welles Bosworth style Beaux-Arts
Charles Girault movement Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Allen Theatre architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Sir John W. Simpson movement Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
grand central hall architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Grand Central Hall (Kelvingrove)
Jakob Ignaz Hittorff movement Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Francisco Tamburini movement Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture (influence)
Ho Chi Minh City Opera House architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture