17 Facts About Neoclassical style

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The prevailing styles of architecture in most of Europe for the previous two centuries, Renaissance architecture and Baroque architecture, already represented partial revivals of the Classical architecture of ancient Rome and ancient Greek architecture, but the Neoclassical movement aimed to strip away the excesses of Late Baroque and return to a purer and more authentic classical style, adapted to modern purposes.

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In form, Neoclassical style architecture emphasizes the wall rather than chiaroscuro and maintains separate identities to each of its parts.

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The Neoclassical style is manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo Neoclassical style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulae as an outgrowth of some classicizing features of the Late Baroque architectural tradition.

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Therefore, the Neoclassical style is defined by symmetry, simple geometry, and social demands instead of ornament.

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Yet still Neoclassical style architecture is beginning to be practiced again in twenty-first Century more in the form of New Classical Architecture and even in Gentrification and Historicism Architecture, the Neoclassical style architecture or its important elements are still being used, even when the Postmodernist architecture is dominant throughout the world.

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Return to more classical architectural forms as a reaction to the Rococo Neoclassical style can be detected in some European architecture of the earlier 18th century, most vividly represented in the Palladian architecture of Georgian Britain and Ireland.

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On Jadot's lead, an original neoclassical style was developed by Gaspare Maria Paoletti, transforming Florence into the most important centre of neoclassicism in the peninsula.

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The Neoclassical style was adopted by progressive circles in other countries such as Sweden and Russia.

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Techniques employed in the Neoclassical style included flatter, lighter motifs, sculpted in low frieze-like relief or painted in monotones en camaieu, isolated medallions or vases or busts or bucrania or other motifs, suspended on swags of laurel or ribbon, with slender arabesques against backgrounds, perhaps, of "Pompeiian red" or pale tints, or stone colours.

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Neoclassical style architecture was introduced in Malta in the late 18th century, during the final years of Hospitaller rule.

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The Neoclassical style was expressed in the shape of main public buildings, such as the University's Observatory, Vilnius Cathedral and the town hall.

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Neoclassical style built the Museo del Prado, which combined three functions: an academy, an auditorium, and a museum in one building with three separate entrances.

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Neoclassical style architecture became a symbol of national pride during the 18th century in Germany, in what was then Prussia.

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Neoclassical style made trips to observe the buildings and develop his functional style.

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One of the pioneers of this Neoclassical style was the English-born Benjamin Henry Latrobe, who is often noted as one of America's first formally trained professional architects and the father of American architecture.

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Neoclassical style built many neoclassical buildings including his personal estate Monticello, the Virginia State Capitol, and the University of Virginia.

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Neoclassical style arrived in the American empires of Spain and Portugal through projects designed in Europe or carried out locally by European or Criollo architects trained in the academies of the metropolis.

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