Neoclassical architecture

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architectural style cultural movement

Neoclassical architecture is a Western architectural style inspired by the classical forms of ancient Greece and Rome, characterized by symmetry, grand scale, and the use of columns and pediments.

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All labels observed (22)

Label Occurrences
Neoclassical architecture canonical 1,425
Classical Revival 29
Neoclassical 15

Statements (64)

Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
cultural movement ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
emphasizes clarity of form ⓘ
classical ideals of beauty ⓘ
rational design ⓘ
endTime early 19th century ⓘ
fieldOfUse government buildings ⓘ
monuments ⓘ
museums ⓘ
palaces ⓘ
private residences ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
follows Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Rococo architecture ⓘ
genre Western architecture ⓘ
hasCharacteristic emphasis on proportion ⓘ
geometric clarity ⓘ
grand scale ⓘ
influence of archaeological discoveries ⓘ
monumentality ⓘ
restrained ornamentation ⓘ
symmetry ⓘ
use of classical orders ⓘ
use of colonnades ⓘ
use of columns ⓘ
use of domes ⓘ
use of pediments ⓘ
use of porticos ⓘ
use of temple fronts ⓘ
use of white or light-colored stone ⓘ
hasNotableExample Altes Museum, Berlin ⓘ
Brandenburg Gate ⓘ
British Museum ⓘ
General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ
La Madeleine, Paris ⓘ
Panthéon, Paris ⓘ
Somerset House, London ⓘ
United States Capitol ⓘ
hasNotableProponent Andrea Palladio ⓘ
Étienne-Louis Boullée ⓘ
surface form: Claude Nicolas Ledoux

Sir John Soane ⓘ
surface form: John Soane

Karl Friedrich Schinkel ⓘ
Robert Adam ⓘ
Étienne-Louis Boullée ⓘ
influenced Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Empire style

Federal architecture ⓘ
Greek Revival architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical revival architecture ⓘ
influencedBy Enlightenment ideals ⓘ
Grand Tour ⓘ
Palladian architecture ⓘ
archaeological excavations at Herculaneum ⓘ
archaeological excavations at Pompeii ⓘ
inspiredBy ancient Greek architecture ⓘ
ancient Roman architecture ⓘ
opposedTo Baroque exuberance ⓘ
Rococo architecture ⓘ
surface form: Rococo ornamentation
partOf Neoclassicism ⓘ
startTime mid-18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (1,502)

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

White House → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
West Wing → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
East Wing → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Manchester Art Gallery → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greek Revival
Jefferson Memorial → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Villa Marlier → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Puerto Rico Supreme Court Building → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture → influenced → Neoclassical architecture self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Empire style
Senate wing → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Château de la Muette → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Executive Residence → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
6–9 Carlton House Terrace → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Massachusetts State House → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Rathaus Schöneberg → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Bath, Somerset, England → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Castle of Laeken → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Renaissance architecture → influenced → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Capitol of Puerto Rico → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Pantheon → influenced → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Mariinsky Theatre → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Palace Square → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
The Queen's College, Oxford → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Indiana limestone → commonlyAssociatedWith → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Italian Renaissance Revival → relatedTo → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Revival
McKim, Mead & White → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Saint Isaac's Cathedral → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Concertgebouw → style → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Mellon Institute of Industrial Research → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Presidential Palace of Colombia → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
American Renaissance architecture → influencedBy → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Turin → architecturalStylePresent → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neoclassical
James Hoban → style → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
East Front → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
École Militaire → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
West Building → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
St. Thomas Synagogue → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
John Russell Pope → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Manchester Central Library → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Old Royal Palace of Greece → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Palladian architecture → influenced → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Palladian architecture → influenced → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Federal architecture
Palace of the Nation → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Robert Adam → influenced → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Neoclassical architecture
Brandenburg Gate → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
California Memorial Stadium → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Classical Revival
La Scala → architecturalStyle → Neoclassical architecture ⓘ