Beaux-Arts architecture is the grand, academic classicism taught at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, blending French neoclassicism with Renaissance and Baroque ornament. It reached its fullest expression under France's Second Empire and Third Republic and spread from there to public and institutional buildings across Europe and the Americas into the early twentieth century. Grand Central Terminal in New York, completed in 1913, is a celebrated American example.
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PeriodMarks the style's rise to dominance in American architecture, its most influential form; the older Parisian academic tradition it draws on predates this. PeriodThe close of the style's high American period; teaching in the Beaux-Arts manner continued at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris until 1968. Origin RegionFrance, spreading to Europe and the Americas 1 Beaux-Arts Architecture
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The style takes its name from, and was formally taught at, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
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Beaux-Arts design draws directly on French neoclassicism, adding Renaissance and Baroque ornament and grander planning.
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Notable Examples
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Source Fairmont Copley Plaza - Wikipedia
Source Federal Palace of Switzerland (Wikipedia)
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Source New York Public Library Main Branch, Wikipedia
Source Palais Garnier, Wikipedia
Source Pennsylvania Station 1910-1963 (Wikipedia)
A Beaux-Arts civic landmark designed by Arthur Brown Jr.
Source Selfridges London (Wikipedia)
Source Algonquin Hotel, Wikipedia
Source The Mayflower Hotel, Wikipedia
Source Willard InterContinental Washington, Wikipedia
Source Thomas Jefferson Building, Wikipedia
Source Wikipedia: Umaid Bhawan Palace
Source Union Station (Toronto), Wikipedia
Source Washington Union Station, Wikipedia
Source Villa La Californie (Wikipedia)
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The style referred to as Beaux-Arts in English reached the apex of its development during the Second Empire (1852-1870) and the Third Republic that followed.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture, American influence paragraph
The Beaux-Arts style heavily influenced the architecture of the United States in the period from 1880 to 1920.
- Influenced By: Neoclassical Architecture
- Associated With: Ecole des Beaux-Arts
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Notable Examples: Pennsylvania Station, infobox architectural_style field: Beaux-ArtsView the Source Wikipedia: Umaid Bhawan Palace
Notable Examples: Umaid Bhawan Palace, infobox architectural_style field: Indo-Saracenic Architecture, Beaux-Arts architectureView the Source Willard InterContinental Washington, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: The Willard InterContinental, infobox architectural_style field: Beaux-ArtsView the Source Algonquin Hotel, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: The Algonquin Hotel, infobox architectural_style field: Renaissance Revival, Beaux-ArtsView the Source Union Station (Toronto), Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Union Station (Toronto), infobox architectural_style field: Beaux-ArtsView the Source Thomas Jefferson Building, Wikipedia
Notable Examples: Thomas Jefferson Building, infobox architectural_style field: Beaux-ArtsView the Source Villa La Californie (Wikipedia)
Notable Examples: Villa La Californie, infobox architectural_style field: Beaux-ArtsView the Source Selfridges London (Wikipedia)
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architectural_style: Beaux-Arts with Ionic columns
Palais Garnier, Wikipedia
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The Mayflower Hotel, Wikipedia
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Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in Washington, D.C.
Grand Palais (Wikipedia)
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Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in France
New York Public Library Main Branch, Wikipedia
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Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City
Federal Palace of Switzerland (Wikipedia)
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Grand Central Terminal (Wikipedia)
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Category:Beaux-Arts architecture in New York City
Washington Union Station, Wikipedia
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Fairmont Copley Plaza - Wikipedia
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The seven-floor hotel is constructed of limestone and buff brick in the Beaux-Arts style.
Anna-Dean Farm (Wikidata)
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The centerpiece of the farm was the 52 room Beaux Arts style mansion Barber constructed in 1909 to 1910.
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