Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style developed from the neoclassical movement of the mid-18th century. The emergence of neoclassical architecture is therefore a style derived mainly from the architecture of classical antiquity, the Vitruvian principles and the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio.
Neoclassical architecture is the heir of classical architecture, theorized by the ancient architect Vitruvius (1st century BC) in his treatise defining the theory of the three orders (Ionic, Doric and Corinthian). Vitruvius will be the great reference for architects to describe the renewal of the use of ancient forms, from the second half of the 18th century until around 1850.
The neoclassical architecture pretends to use Greek forms, instead of Italian, as it is called the Greek taste in its early days in France, around 1760, an international movement with different manifestations from North America to Russia. It is divided into several currents and can be distinguished:
- The phase of Palladianism, the earliest, which developed in rural Britain under the leadership of Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren. Rather, it is applied to isolated, rural, compact buildings. Its influence is more Italianate than antique.
- The neo-Greek style, the leading craftsman in France being Ange-Jacques Gabriel, the first king's architect under the reigns of Louis XIV and XV.
- The neoclassical style, strictly speaking, of architecture, which had lasting success throughout the first half of the 19th century, in both public and private buildings in the West. It also translated to the decorative arts between 1770 and 1830.
- The Beaux-Arts style an extension of the neoclassical canons.
The art and architecture of neoclassicism originated in Italy, especially in Naples, where, in the 1730s, court architects such as Luigi Vanvitelli and Ferdinando Fuga rescued the classical, Palladian and mannerist forms of Baroque architecture. Following their example, Giovanni Antonio Medrano began to build the first neoclassical structures in Italy during the same decade. By the mid-18th century, neoclassical architecture expanded to integrate a wider variety of influences, including those of ancient Greece.
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Wiki - Γtienne-Louis BoullΓ©e
"Γtienne-Louis BoullΓ©e (12 February 1728 β 4 February 1799) was a visionary French neoclassical architect whose work greatly influenced contemporary architects.
Born in Paris, he studied under Jacques-François Blondel, Germain Boffrand and Jean-Laurent Le Geay, from whom he learned the mainstream French Classical architecture in the 17th and 18th century and the Neoclassicism that evolved after the mid century. He was elected to the Académie Royale d'Architecture in 1762 and became chief architect to Frederick II of Prussia, a largely honorary title.
He designed a number of private houses from 1762 to 1778, though most of these no longer exist; notable survivors into the modern era include the Hôtel de Brunoy (demolished in 1930) and the Hôtel Alexandre, both in Paris. His work for François Racine de Monville has apparently also vanished but his probable influence on Monville's own architectural works as seen at the Désert de Retz speaks for itself. Together with Claude Nicolas Ledoux, he was one of the most influential figures of French neoclassical architecture."
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It's fine.....I guess. I like looking at different styles and always have always been a fan of brutalism. If I were selecting, I would find great architects and let them design the building as they wish.
Is it just that it is literally conservative?
Why does so much have to be neoclassical?
From Wikipedia:
Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century. In its purest form, it is a style principally derived from the architecture of classical antiquity, the Vitruvian principles, and the work of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio.
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