Wilhelminian style
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Wilhelminian style is a historicist architectural style from late 19th- and early 20th-century Germany, characterized by ornate façades, eclectic revival elements, and grand, bourgeois urban buildings.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural style
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cultural phenomenon → historicist architecture → |
| architecturalElement |
cartouches
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columns → courtyards → ornamental gables → pilasters → putti sculptures → rear wings → |
| contrastsWith |
Bauhaus
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Modernist architecture → |
| countryOfOrigin |
German Empire
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Germany → |
| developedIn |
Wilhelmine era
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| endTime |
circa 1918
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| follows |
Gründerzeit architecture
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| hasCharacteristic |
bourgeois representation
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decorative excess → dense urban block development → eclecticism → monumentality → symmetrical composition → use of historic styles → |
| hasPart |
balconies
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bay windows → eclectic revival elements → elaborate cornices → grand staircases → historicist ornamentation → ornate façades → representative entrance portals → rich stucco decoration → sculptural façades → turrets → |
| hasSocialContext |
emerging middle class in the German Empire
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representative façades hiding dense back buildings → speculative urban housing construction → |
| influenced |
early 20th-century German urban fabric
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perimeter block housing in Central Europe → |
| influencedBy |
bourgeois culture
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industrialization → nationalism in the German Empire → urbanization → |
| namedAfter |
Wilhelm II, German Emperor
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| periodOfUse |
early 20th century
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late 19th century → |
| relatedTo |
Belle Époque architecture
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German historicism → Gründerzeit → |
| startTime |
circa 1890
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| typicalInCity |
Berlin
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Bremen NERFINISHED → Cologne NERFINISHED → Dresden NERFINISHED → Hamburg NERFINISHED → Leipzig NERFINISHED → Munich → Stuttgart NERFINISHED → |
| typicalMaterial |
brick
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cast iron → natural stone → ornamental glass → stucco → |
| usedFor |
administrative buildings
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banks → bourgeois apartment buildings → department stores → public buildings → tenement blocks → urban perimeter block development → villas → |
| usesStyle |
Neo-Baroque
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Neo-Gothic → Neo-Renaissance → Neo-Romanesque → Neoclassicism → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Hornschuchpromenade
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architecturalStyle |
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Biedermeier
("Gründerzeit style")
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precedes |