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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Los Angeles branch of the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design educationalModel Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts system
Jean Antoine Injalbert movement Beaux-Arts
Jordan Hall architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Trowbridge & Livingston architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Union Station architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Union Station (Seattle)
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Nathan C. Wyeth genre Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Yonkers station style Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Rosecliff architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
The Elms architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
La Défense de Paris statue architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: La Défense de Paris
Barnett, Haynes & Barnett style Beaux-Arts
House of the American Republic, Paris Exposition of 1900 (temporary building) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Cuyahoga County Courthouse, Cleveland, Ohio architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Cuyahoga County Courthouse
Memorial Continental Hall (consulting work), Washington, D.C. architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Memorial Continental Hall
Allegheny Observatory architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
John Merven Carrère movement Beaux-Arts
Alfred Foulhoux architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Laura Gardin Fraser movement Beaux-Arts
Laura Gardin Fraser influencedBy Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts academic tradition
Alma Mater statue artMovement Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Alma Mater (Columbia University)
Pupin Hall architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Grant’s Tomb architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Grant's Tomb
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
The Great God Pan movement Beaux-Arts
Booth Theatre architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Poughkeepsie station architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Charles Bebb architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Amédée d’Alby genre Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Kalorama Historic District architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Lorado Taft movement Beaux-Arts
Havemeyer Hall architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture