EUROPEAN STATES Flashcards
EUROPEAN STATES KNOWN AS
“The Age of Enlightenment”
“The Age of Reason”
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his nonage.
“The Age of Revivals”
A conflict between CLASSIC and GOTHIC architecture
BATTLE OF STYLES
ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER OF EUROPEAN STATES
● Imposing / creates an imposing effect
● Eclecticism*
● Taste for exotic forms
● Combining native and foreign styles
MATERIALS OF EUROPEAN STATES ARCH.
Stone and brick
Timber
Faience
Vernacular materials
WHAT ARE THE 3 PERIODS OF EUROPEAN ARCH.
EARLY VICTORIAN (1830-1850)
HIGH VICTORIAN (1850-1870)
LATE VICTORIAN (1870-1914)
Comprises the reigns of George IV (1820-30), William IV. (1830-37), and
Victoria (part of) (1837-51)
EARLY VICTORIAN (1830-1850)
coincides roughly with the Fren atch Second Empire and the High
Victorian phase of British architecture
HIGH VICTORIAN (1850-1870)
WHAT ARE THE 3 REVIVED STYLE IN HIGH VICTORIAN
Renaissance Revival
Gothic Revival
Old English Manner
THIS STRUCTURE WAS INITIATED BY NAPOLEON III, designed by Ludovico Tullio Joachim Visconti (1791-1853)
(HIGH VICTORIAN)
The New Louvre,Paris (1852-1857)
designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott
(HIGH VICTORIAN)
The Foreign Office, London (1861-1873)
designed by Heinrich von Ferstel (1828-1883)
● built as a thank-offering when an attempt on the
Emperor Franz Josefs life was foiled
● an elaborate essay in Gothic, heralded by tall,
slender western towers with open belfries and
crocketed steeples
(HIGH VICTORIAN)
The Votivkirche, Vienna (1856-1879)
designed by Benjamin Woodward (1815-1861), of Deane and Woodward
THIS STRUCTURE showed how the Gothic Revival could be seriously employed for public buildings
(HIGH VICTORIAN)
The University Museum, Oxford (1854-1860)
designed by William Butterfield
marks a turning point in the Gothic Revival
(HIGH VICTORIAN)
All Saints, Margaret Street, London (1849-1859)
was one of the first examples of Norman Shaw’s
‘Old English’ style
adapting vernacular features to the requirements of
a large house
(HIGH VICTORIAN)
Glen Andred, Groombridge, Sussex (1866-1868)
corresponding with the German Second Reich and the late
Victorian/Edwardian phases in Britain.
LATE VICTORIAN (1870-1914)
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES OF LATE VICTORIAN
Baroque
Gothic revival
Queen Anne Style
Shingle Style
Art Nouveau
- is derived from the villas of Andrea Palladio, the greatest
architect of the Late Renaissance.
Palladian Architecture
WHAT ARE THE 3 NEOCLASSICAL BUILDING TYPES
1.Temple Style
2. Palladian Architecture
3. Classical Block or Beaux
- features a design based on an ancient
temple. Many temple style buildings feature a peristyle
(a continuous line of columns around a building).
1.Temple Style
CHARACTERIZED BY ORDER, SYMMETRY,
FORMAL DESIGN, GRANDIOSITY &
ELABORATE ORNAMENTATION
Classical Block or Beaux ARTS
e style, emblematic of Victorian architecture, is characterized by its
distinctive features such as a steep roof with cross gables, asymmetrical front
facade, and an expansive porch adorned with decorative wood trim.
Queen Anne Style
England is the birthplace, the forefront of building and
sculpture.
It is a style principally derived from the architectural
antiquity, following the Vitruvian principles
Utilitas, Firmitas, Venustas
Commodity, firmness, delight
NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE
e style of architecture is known for its use of shingles on roofs and walls,
creating a monochrome look.
Shingle Style
a style
not based on any architecture of the past, but characterised by irregular, organic
curves and generally tendril- or flame like lines.
“THE NEW STYLE”
Art Nouveau
