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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subject surface form: William Starr Miller House
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
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this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
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this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
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this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
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subject surface form: Kalorama
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subject surface form: John Galen Howard
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subject surface form: Robert E. Lee Monument (Richmond)
Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument (removed) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Matthew Fontaine Maury Monument
Stripped Classical relatedStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
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The Langham architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
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Joseph Cassien-Bernard movement Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
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this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Liberty Grand architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Cooke County Courthouse architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Ramos de Azevedo architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Utica Union Station architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Burwell Building architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Commercial style distinguishedFrom Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
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this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Walter S. Allward movement Beaux-Arts