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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Ernest Flagg architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
John M. Lyle architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
Union Pacific Depot architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Union Pacific Depot (Topeka)
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Yonkers Pier architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
The Warfield (nearby on Market Street) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: The Warfield
Gold Coast architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Gold Coast, Chicago
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Orpheum Theatre (Sioux City) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Vanderbilt houses on Fifth Avenue, New York City architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
The New York Yacht Club building (44th Street, Manhattan) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: New York Yacht Club Building (44th Street, Manhattan)
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel (original New York building) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
The New York Central Building (now Helmsley Building, New York City) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Helmsley Building
The Commodore Hotel (New York City) architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Astor Place subway station architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Astor Place
Curran Theatre, San Francisco architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Curran Theatre
George Keister architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Tacoma Union Station architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Hawaii Capital Historic District architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
First Division Monument architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
this entity surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
Palace of Fine Arts architecturalStyle Beaux-Arts
subject surface form: Palace of Fine Arts (St. Louis)