Greek Revival architecture
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Greek Revival was a late style of the Neoclassical architecture which became fashionable in Europe from the late 18th century. Inspired by the ancient Greek temples and ruins such as those of the Parthenon, the style's simple lines were in direct contrast to the more decorative and ornate Baroque style which preceeded it in many parts of Europe. The earliest example of the Greek revival style in Britain is at West Wycombe Park where a large eight-columned portico, inspired by the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek and completed by 1770, is considered to be the earliest example of Greek revival architecture in Britain.<ref>Knox p 7.</ref>
America too shifted from the Roman forms toward the Greek style in the 1820s as the Roman, or Federal style fell from favout.
Major examples of Greek Revival architecture in Europe include the Brandenburg Gate and Altes Museum in Berlin, the Glyptothek in Munich, the Old Bourse in Saint Petersburg, and the British Museum in London.
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[edit] Greek Revival architects in Britain
- Alexander Thomson
- James Wyatt
- James Stuart
- Robert Smirke
- William Wilkins
- James Playfair
- William Henry Playfair
- Thomas Hamilton
- Philip Hardwick
- John James Burnet
- John Nash
- Decimus Burton
[edit] Greek Revival architects in the United States
- Asher Benjamin
- Alexander Jackson Davis
- Thomas Jefferson
- Benjamin Latrobe
- Alexander Parris
- Gideon Shryock
- William Strickland
- Ithiel Town
- Thomas U. Walter
- Ammi B. Young
[edit] Notes
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[edit] References
- Greek Revival Architecture in America, Talbot Hamlin, OUP, 1944
- Greek Revival America, Roger G. Kennedy, 1989
- The Greek Revival, J. Mordaunt Cook, 1972
- Knox, Tim (2001). West Wycombe Park. Bromley, Kent.: The National Trust.
- Study of Greek Revival Architecture in the Seneca and Cayuga Lake Regions, by Clifford H. Ruffner, Jr
| Revival styles in 19th-century architecture | |
|---|---|
| Neo-Classicism: | Directoire and Empire • Regency • Egyptian Revival • Greek Revival and Neo-Grec |
| Neo-Romanesque and Byzantine Revival: | Richardsonian Romanesque • Russo-Byzantine • Muscovite Revival |
| Gothic Revival: | Scottish Baronial • Tudorbethan • Muscovite Gothic • Moorish Revival • Indo-Saracenic • Collegiate Gothic |
| Neo-Renaissance: | Italianate • Second Empire • Châteauesque • Jacobethan |
| Neo-Baroque and 18th century: | Beaux-Arts • Wrenaissance • Queen Anne • Georgian Revival • Colonial Revival |
