Italianate architecture
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Italianate architecture is a 19th-century revival style inspired by rural Italian Renaissance villas, characterized by low-pitched roofs, wide eaves with decorative brackets, and tall, narrow windows often crowned with elaborate hoods.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Italianate architecture canonical | 58 |
| Italianate | 5 |
| Victorian Italianate | 3 |
| American Italianate | 1 |
Statements (88)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural style
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revival style ⓘ |
| contrastsWith |
Greek Revival architecture
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Neoclassical architecture ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| developedIn | England ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
ornamental detailing
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picturesque composition ⓘ romanticized rural imagery ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1890 ⓘ |
| hasElement |
balustraded balconies
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bracketed door hoods ⓘ bracketed eave returns ⓘ cornice with brackets ⓘ decorative cornice line ⓘ oculus windows in gables ⓘ ornamental cast-iron details ⓘ ornamental door surrounds ⓘ paired windows ⓘ pedimented window crowns ⓘ round-arched windows ⓘ rusticated ground floor ⓘ segmental-arched windows ⓘ stringcourses between stories ⓘ tall chimneys ⓘ tall first-floor windows ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arched windows
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belvederes ⓘ bracketed cornices ⓘ cupolas ⓘ decorative brackets ⓘ decorative window surrounds ⓘ elaborate window hoods ⓘ emphasis on vertical proportions ⓘ hood moldings over windows ⓘ ornamental brackets under porch eaves ⓘ overhanging eaves ⓘ paneled doors with glass ⓘ porches with chamfered posts ⓘ projecting bays ⓘ quoining at building corners ⓘ square towers ⓘ stringcourses ⓘ tall narrow windows ⓘ wide eaves ⓘ |
| hasPeriodOfPopularity |
late 19th century
ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ |
| hasPlanType |
L-shaped plan
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asymmetrical plan ⓘ rectangular plan ⓘ |
| hasRegionalVariant |
Italianate architecture
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
American Italianate
Italianate townhouse (urban rowhouse type) ⓘ Victorian architecture ⓘ
surface form:
Victorian Italianate (Australia)
|
| hasRoofType |
flat roof
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hipped roof ⓘ low-pitched roof ⓘ |
| hasTypicalColor |
earth tones
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pale pastel colors ⓘ warm neutral colors ⓘ |
| hasTypicalMaterial |
brick
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stone ⓘ stucco ⓘ wood ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
picturesque movement
ⓘ
romanticism in architecture ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
Italian Renaissance architecture
ⓘ
rural Italian Renaissance villas ⓘ |
| movementWithin |
19th-century historicism
ⓘ
Victorian architecture ⓘ |
| notableExample |
Ames Free Library
ⓘ
H. H. Richardson’s early works in Italianate style ⓘ Osborne House estate ⓘ
surface form:
Osborne House
Palace of Westminster terraces and details ⓘ |
| popularIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
continental Europe ⓘ |
| relatedStyle |
Gothic Revival
ⓘ
surface form:
Gothic Revival architecture
Italian Renaissance Revival ⓘ
surface form:
Renaissance Revival architecture
Second Empire architecture ⓘ Tuscan villa style ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 1830 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
commercial buildings
ⓘ
country villas ⓘ public buildings ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ urban townhouses ⓘ |
Referenced by (67)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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Italianate
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American Italianate
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Italianate
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Victorian Italianate
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Italianate
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Victorian Italianate
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Manchester (Pittsburgh)