Baroque Revival architecture
The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or Second Empire architecture in France), was an architectural style of the late 19th century.[1] The term is used to describe architecture which displays important aspects of Baroque style, but is not of the Baroque period proper—i.e., the 17th and 18th centuries. Elements of the Baroque architectural tradition were an essential part of the curriculum of the Ecole des beaux-arts in Paris, the pre-eminent school of architecture in the second half of the 19th century, and are integral to the Beaux-Arts architecture it engendered both in France and abroad. An ebullient sense of European imperialism encouraged an official architecture to reflect it in Britain and France, and in Germany and Italy the Baroque revival expressed pride in the new power of the unified state.
Notable examples
- Akasaka Palace (1899–1909), Tokyo, Japan
- Alferaki Palace (1848), Taganrog, Russia
- Ashton Memorial (1907–9), Lancaster, England
- Belfast City Hall (1898–1906), Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace (1747), Saint Petersburg, Russia
- Bode Museum (1904), Berlin, Germany
- British Columbia Parliament Buildings (1893–7), Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Burgtheater (1888), Vienna, Austria
- Christiansborg Palace (1907–28), Copenhagen, Denmark
- Cluj-Napoca National Theatre (1904–6), Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Ortaköy Mosque (1854–6), Istanbul, Turkey
- Dolmabahçe Palace (1843–56), Istanbul, Turkey
- The Elms Mansion (1899–1901), Newport, Rhode Island, United States
- National Theatre (1899), Oslo, Norway
- Palais Garnier (also known as the Paris Opera) (1861–75), Paris, France
- Rosecliff Mansion (1898–1902), Newport, Rhode Island, United States
- Semperoper (1878), Dresden, Germany
- Sofia University rectorate (1924–34), Sofia, Bulgaria
- Zachęta National Gallery of Art (1898–1900), Warsaw, Poland
- St. Barbara's Church (1910), Brooklyn, New York, United States
- St. John Cantius Church (1893–8), Chicago, United States
- Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (1895–1900), New York City, United States
- Cathedral of Salta (1882), Salta, Argentina
- Széchenyi thermal bath (1913), Budapest, Hungary
- Volkstheater (1889), Vienna, Austria
- National Art Gallery of Bulgaria (the former royal palace), Sofia, Bulgaria
- Wenckheim Palace (1886–9), Budapest, Hungary
- Stefánia Palace (formerly named Park Club) (1893–5), Budapest, Hungary
- Gran Teatro de La Habana (1908–15), Havana, Cuba
- Old Parliament Building (1930), Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Altare della Patria (1885–1925), Rome, Italy
- House of the National Assembly of Serbia (1907–36), Belgrade, Serbia.
There are also number of post-modern buildings with a style that might be called "Baroque", for example the Dancing House in Prague by Vlado Milunić and Frank Gehry, who have described it as "new Baroque".[2]
Baroque Revival architects
- Ferdinand Fellner (1847–1917) and Hermann Helmer (1849–1919)
- Arthur Meinig (1853–1904)
- Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869–1944)
Gallery
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Károlyi-Csekonics Residence, Budapest (1881–1883) by Fellner & Helmer
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Wenckheim Palace, Budapest (1886–1889) by Arthur Meinig
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Zachęta National Art Gallery, Warsaw (1898–1900) by Stefan Szyller
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See also
- Baroque
- List of Baroque architecture
- Second Empire architecture
- Beaux-Arts architecture
- Edwardian Baroque architecture
- Wilhelminism
References
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- ↑ " The Dancing Building, which Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic have described as "new Baroque", has divided opinion [...] ", in "Architect recalls genesis of Dancing Building as coffee table book published", by Ian Willoughby, 11-07-2003, online at The international service of Czech Radio
- James Stevens Curl; "Neo-Baroque." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Oxford University Press. 2000. — Encyclopedia.com . accessed 3 Jan. 2010.
