American Renaissance architecture

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American Renaissance architecture is a late 19th- and early 20th-century U.S. architectural style characterized by grand, classically inspired designs that reflect a renewed interest in European traditions and monumental civic expression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
historic architectural movement
aimedTo convey cultural maturity
evoke European artistic traditions
express national confidence
architecturalStyleOf Boston Public Library McKim Building
Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building
New York City Hall expansions and alterations of the period
New York Public Library Main Branch
many early skyscraper bases with classical detailing
countryOfOrigin United States
developedIn Gilded Age
Progressive Era
endTime early 20th century
hasCharacteristic Beaux-Arts planning principles
classically inspired design
elaborate interiors
formal composition
grand scale
monumental civic expression
monumental stairways
rich ornamentation
symmetry
use of arches
use of classical orders
use of colonnades
use of domes
use of stone facades
inception late 19th century
influencedBy Beaux-Arts architecture
linked to: Beaux-Arts

European academic classicism
French Renaissance architecture
Italian Renaissance architecture
Neoclassical architecture
partOf American Renaissance cultural movement
relatedTo Beaux-Arts architecture in the United States
linked to: Beaux-Arts

City Beautiful movement
typicalElement balustrades
pilasters
projecting cornice
rusticated base
typicalMaterial granite
limestone
marble
terra cotta
usedFor civic buildings
commercial buildings
government buildings
institutional buildings
libraries
museums
railroad stations
urban mansions

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Beaux-Arts influenced American Renaissance architecture
Richard Morris Hunt movement American Renaissance
linked to: American Renaissance architecture
Great Hall (Library of Congress) associatedWith American Renaissance architecture
subject linked to: Great Hall
McKim building associatedWith American Renaissance architecture