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The style was international. The Baltimore Basilica, which was designed by Benjamin Henry Latrobe in 1806, is considered one of the finest examples of neoclassical architecture in the world [by whom?]. A second neoclassic wave, more severe, more studied and more consciously archaeological, is associated with the height of the First French Empire.
Jeffersonian architecture is an American form of Neo-Classicism and/or Neo-Palladianism embodied in the architectural designs of U.S. President and polymath Thomas Jefferson, after whom it is named. These include his home ( Monticello ), his retreat ( Poplar Forest ), the university he founded ( University of Virginia ), and his designs for the ...
The building site of Palazzo Marino introduced Galeazzo Alessi to Milan: [29] it is surely the architect's most famous city work, and the palace is regarded as Milan's most representative Mannerist civil architecture. Other famous building sites of the second half of the sixteenth century in Milan include the renovation of Villa Simonetta [30 ...
St. Petersburg, Russia. During the 18th century, the Rococo movement developed as a way of pushing back against the strict, symmetrical Baroque style that was dominant at the time.
3 Examples of styles. 4 See also. 5 References. 6 Further reading. 7 External links. Toggle the table of contents. ... Neoclassical architecture; Neo-Grec 1848–1865;
Neoclassical architecture in Washington, D.C. (4 C, 69 P) Pages in category "Neoclassical architecture in the United States" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The Beaux-Arts style evolved from the French classicism of the Style Louis XIV, and then French neoclassicism beginning with Style Louis XV and Style Louis XVI.French architectural styles before the French Revolution were governed by Académie royale d'architecture (1671–1793), then, following the French Revolution, by the Architecture section of the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Pasquale Poccianti, Cisternone, Livorno. Neoclassical architecture in Tuscany established itself between the second half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century within a historical-political framework substantially aligned with the one that affected the rest of the Italian peninsula, while nonetheless developing original features.