Beaux-Arts

E1369

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.

All labels observed (21)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1,135)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saskatchewan Legislative Building architecturalInfluence Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: French Beaux-Arts classicism
Main Building, University of Texas at Austin architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh – Main Branch architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
McMillan Plan influencedBy Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts planning principles
McMillan Plan architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Thomas Hastings (firm partner) movement Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Thomas Hastings
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Thomas Hastings (firm partner) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Thomas Hastings
Pantages Theatre architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Pantages Theatre (Toronto)
Augustus Saint-Gaudens movement Beaux-Arts
Meridian Union Station architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
McKim building style Beaux-Arts
East Room (library) hasInteriorStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: East Room (library)
Bass Performance Hall architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Beaux-Arts (Supreme Court Building, Hartford) architecturalStyleFamily Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Beaux-Arts (Supreme Court Building, Hartford) relatedTo Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts (architectural style)
Oceanographic Museum of Monaco architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Institut Océanographique, Paris architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Musée Guimet architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Custom House Tower architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
D. H. Burnham & Company style Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Georges Récipon movement Beaux-Arts
Dominion Square Building (Montreal) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Royal Palace Museum architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: French Beaux-Arts
Correo Mayor architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Belle Époque architecture influencedBy Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
General Grant National Memorial architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture