Renaissance Revival

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Renaissance Revival is an architectural style that reinterprets and adapts forms and motifs from the buildings of the European Renaissance, emphasizing symmetry, classical details, and grand, historically inspired facades.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
historicist style
aimsTo evoke prestige and cultural authority
reference humanist ideals of the Renaissance
alsoKnownAs Renaissance Revival
surface form: Neo-Renaissance
contrastsWith Gothic Revival emphasis on verticality
designApproach combination of historical forms with modern functions
selective adaptation of Renaissance motifs
doorType monumental entrance doors
emergedIn 19th century
early 19th century
emphasizes hierarchical floor organization
order and proportion
regular window rhythms
flourishedIn early 20th century
late 19th century
mid 19th century
hasCharacteristic arched windows
balustraded balconies
classical detailing
classical moldings
cornices with brackets
elaborate door surrounds
grand facades
historically inspired ornament
horizontal emphasis
pedimented windows
pilasters and columns
rusticated ground floors
string courses
symmetrical composition
symmetrical entrance bays
use of arcades
use of classical orders
use of decorative pediments
use of domes or cupolas in some examples
use of loggias
use of quoins
use of sculptural ornament
hasSubstyle Beaux-Arts-influenced Neo-Renaissance
German Rundbogenstil-influenced Neo-Renaissance
Second Empire
surface form: Second Empire Neo-Renaissance
influenced early skyscraper facades
late 19th-century civic architecture
turn-of-the-century commercial architecture
inspiredBy French Renaissance architecture
Italian Renaissance architecture
Northern European Renaissance architecture
Renaissance architecture
ornamentation cartouches
classical reliefs
coats of arms
medallions and busts
swags and garlands
partOf 19th-century revival styles
historicist architecture
relatedTo Baroque Revival
Beaux-Arts
surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture

Gothic Revival
Neoclassical architecture
roofType flat roof with balustrade
low-pitched roof
mansard roof in some variants
typicalMaterial brick with stone trim
stone
stucco
usedFor banks
commercial buildings
educational buildings
government buildings
grand residences
hotels
libraries
museums
public buildings
railway stations
theaters
urban palaces
usedInCountry Austria
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Hungary
Italy
Russia
United Kingdom
United States of America
surface form: United States
windowType rectangular windows with classical surrounds
round-arched windows
segmental-arched windows

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Bradbury Building architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Michigan State Capitol architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Wilhelminian style usesStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Baroque Revival relatedTo Renaissance Revival
National Museum in Wrocław architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Presidential Office Building architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Prospect Lefferts Gardens hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Plaza de España architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
subject surface form: Plaza de España (Seville)
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Aliʻiōlani Hale architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Utah State Capitol architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
McKim Building architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Palace of Justice, Rome architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Iowa State Capitol architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
South End hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Gustave Herter style Renaissance Revival
Central Park West museum and cultural corridor hasArchitecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Palazzo Gopcevich architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Hôtel de Ville de Paris architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Hôtel de Ville de Paris architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Rockelstad Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
St. Louis City Hall architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Academy of Music (Philadelphia) architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Château de Chantilly architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Attic base stylePeriod Renaissance Revival
Albertinum architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Semperoper architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Ateneum Art Museum architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Historicist architecture hasMovement Renaissance Revival
Historicist architecture hasMovement Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Maximilianeum architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Hubbell & Benes architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Wyoming State Capitol architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
South End, Boston architectureStyle Renaissance Revival
Neustadt of Strasbourg architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance architecture
William Young architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Spanish Renaissance Revival developedFrom Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
UST mainBuildingStyle Renaissance Revival
subject surface form: University of Santo Tomas
Tatsuno Kingo style Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
The Dakota architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: German Renaissance Revival
Hamburg City Hall architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
KHM architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture
Academiegebouw (Utrecht University) architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Academiegebouw (Utrecht University) notableFor Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance architecture
Schwerin Castle architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Neo-Renaissance
Croydon Town Hall architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Royal Museum architecturalStyle Renaissance Revival
Porfirian architecture influencedBy Renaissance Revival
this entity surface form: Renaissance Revival architecture