Architecture: 18th to mid 19th Centuries

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Architecture 18th to mid 19th Centuries
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Architecture from 15th 17th Centuries Classical
Vocabulary of Roman Architecture
Renaissance Baroque intellectual emotional lo
gic clarity sensation complexity straight
lines, flat surfaces curvilinear, fluid
contours stability motion
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Alberti, SantAndrea,Mantua, c 1470
Borromini, San Carlo,Rome, c 1665
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Guarini, Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Italy, 1680
Alberti, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, Italy, c.
1460
Perrault, Le Vau, Le Brun, Louvre, Paris, 1667-70
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Classical Vocabulary of Roman Architecture
Baroque Renaissance emotional
intellectual sensation complexity logic
clarity curvilinear, fluid contours straight
lines, flat surfacemotion stability
ItalyTheatricality spatial flow
France EnglandMore severely classical

• huge, heroic scale
• opulence grandeur
• rich materials ornamentation
• blending archit, ptg sculpt

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Architecture 18th to mid 19th Centuries
Revolution Radical Change
end to monarchy, church agrarian life no
unifying authority or standards of taste change
and uncertainty gtgt variety of revival styles
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Rococo
Romanticism
Neoclassicism
Sublime Picturesque
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Palladio, Villa Rotonda, near Vicenza, Italy, ca.
15661570
Italian Renaissance
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Inigo Jones, Banqueting House at Whitehall,
London, England, 16191622
English Baroque to Neoclassicism
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Sir Christopher Wren, Saint Pauls Cathedral,
London, England, 16751710
English Baroque
Bramante, Tempietto, Rome, 1502
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English Neoclassicism
Boyle Kent, Chiswick House, near London, 1725
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Jefferson, Monticello, Charlottesville, United
States, 17701806
American Neoclassicism
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Latrobe, Capitol, Washington D.C., 18031807
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Soufflot, Panthéon, Paris, France, 17551792
French Neoclassicism
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Vignon, La Madeleine, Paris, France, 18071842
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Vignon, La Madeleine, Paris, France, 18071842
Maison Carrée, Nîmes, France,ca. 110 CE
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Barry, Houses of Parliament, London, England,
designed 1835
Revivalist Styles
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Walpole, Strawberry Hill, England, 1750
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Stuart, Hagley Park, Worcestershire, England, 1758
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Nash, Royal Pavilion, Brighton, England, 18151818
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Marie Antonettes Petit Hameau, Versailles, c.
1780
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Labrouste, reading room of the Bibliothèque
Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, France, 18431850
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Alberti, Sant Andrea, Mantua, 1470
Brunelleschi, San Lorenzo, Florence, c. 1430
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Alberti, Palazzo Rucellai, Florence, Italy, c.
1460
Labrouste, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris,
France, 18431850
Alberti, Sant Andrea, Mantua, 1470
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Roebling, Brooklyn Bridge, 1883
19th Century Industrial Revolution
Engineering, technology science Innovation
Invention Architecture Continuation of revival
styles - Derivative When change is rapid,
conservatism flourishes
New types of building for new functions
factories, train stations, department stores,
office buildings New building materials
cast iron, plate glass, steel, reinforced
concrete New building materials hidden within old
architectural aesthetics
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Paxton, Crystal Palace, London, England, 18501851
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