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.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural style
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revival style → |
| contrastsWith |
Greek Revival architecture
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Neoclassical architecture → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| developedIn |
England
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| emphasizes |
ornamental detailing
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picturesque composition → romanticized rural imagery → |
| endTime |
circa 1890
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| 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
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mid-19th century → |
| hasPlanType |
L-shaped plan
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asymmetrical plan → rectangular plan → |
| hasRegionalVariant |
American Italianate
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Italianate townhouse (urban rowhouse type) → 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
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romanticism in architecture → |
| inspiredBy |
Italian Renaissance architecture
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rural Italian Renaissance villas → |
| movementWithin |
19th-century historicism
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Victorian architecture → |
| notableExample |
Ames Free Library
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H. H. Richardson’s early works in Italianate style → Osborne House → Palace of Westminster terraces and details → |
| popularIn |
Australia
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Canada → New Zealand → United States → continental Europe → |
| relatedStyle |
Gothic Revival architecture
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Renaissance Revival architecture → Second Empire architecture → Tuscan villa style → |
| startTime |
circa 1830
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| usedFor |
commercial buildings
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country villas → public buildings → residential buildings → urban townhouses → |
Referenced by (21)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Academy Street Historic District
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Aga Khan Palace → Bingham-Waggoner Estate → Burlington House → Charles Barry ("Italianate") → Charles Barry Jr. → Charles Lanyon → John Notman → Maitland Post Office ("Victorian Italianate") → Portland Union Station → Portmeirion ("Italianate") → Royal Albert Hall → |
architecturalStyle |
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Gaslamp Quarter
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Hillhouse Avenue → Newburgh, New York → Old Town neighborhood → |
hasArchitecturalStyle |
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Hudson, New York
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architecturalStylePresent |
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Greek Revival architecture
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followedBy |
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Frog Hollow
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hasArchitectureStyle |
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Victorian architecture
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hasPart |
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Italianate architecture
("American Italianate")
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hasRegionalVariant |