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1 Beaux-Arts Classicism, 1885-1930 Ecole des Beaux-Arts (Paris, France) –American architects Richard Morris Hunt, Louis Sullivan, H.H. Richardson, William Robert Ware, Charles Follen McKim, Bernard Maybeck, Julia Morgan, Thomas Hastings Beaux-Arts principles: Composition and symmetry Exuberance and projection

2 Julien Guadet codified the Beaux-Arts principles a. Investigation of the proper expression for a building b. Site location, climate always modify expression c. Simply constructible compositions d. Truthful architectural compositions-no shams e. Perceivable visual strength in the structure f. Easy admittance of air and light g. Composition proceeds by necessary compromises

3 Philadelphia Memorial Hall, 1876 Herman J. Schwarzmann, Designed for Centennial Exposition, 1876

4 Administration building (top rt) Palace of Fine Arts (right)

5 Agriculture building Transportation building (interior)

6 Beaux-Arts Characteristics Porticos, pavilions, rich details Grand stairways and vaulted interiors Balustrades Statuary and sculpture Elaborated windows Domes 1889-1897, Washington, D.C. Smithmeyer and Pelz

7 Library of Congress Washington, DC, 1889-97

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11 Library of Congress Reading Room ceiling interior stair

12 Union Station Columbus, Ohio, 1897

13 Pennsylvania Station New York, 1903-10 (McKim, Mead, and White)

14 Pennsylvania Station New York, 1903-10

15 Pennsylvania Station, 1903-1910 Grand Central Terminal 1903-1913

16 Union Station, Washington D.C., 1903-1906, Daniel Burnham.

17 Handley Library, Wincester, VA, 1908-1913, J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman

18 Governor’s Mansion Frankfort, Kentucky, 1914

19 District Building Washington, DC

20 Return to Classicism Reaction to the picturesque Return to classicism during a time of change Social upheaval and new immigrants Return to the Colonial past and the search for order Neoclassicism and the new American empire

21 Neoclassicism, 1895-1950 Restrained classicism Monumental scale: large columns and colossal porticos Modern windows Broad Street Station, Richmond, Va John Russell Pope, 1913

22 Lincoln Memorial Washington, DC, 1913-22 Lincoln Memorial, Henry Bacon, 1922

23 Jefferson Memorial Washington, DC, 1939-1943 Jefferson Memorial, John Russell Pope

24 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1905 Albright Gallery, Buffalo, NY, Edward Brodhead Green, 1905

25 Williams House Buffalo, NY, 1895

26 Swan House, Atlanta, Georgia 1928

27 Château Style, 1880-1910 Building in the manner of French Renaissance architecture of French country houses (châteaux) built in the Loire Valley Cross windows (croisette) Hip roof Smooth surface Tower with conical roof Wall dormers

28 Biltmore, Asheville, NC Richard Morris Hunt, 1890-1895

29 Charles Gates Dawes House, Evanston, IL Henry Edwards Ficken, 1894


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