Historicist architecture

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Historicist architecture is a 19th-century architectural style that revives and eclecticly combines elements from earlier historical styles such as Gothic, Romanesque, and Renaissance.

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Label Occurrences
Historicist architecture canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
historicist movement in architecture ⓘ
aimedTo convey cultural prestige ⓘ
evoke historical continuity ⓘ
express national identity ⓘ
characterizedBy asymmetrical massing in many examples ⓘ
eclectic combination of multiple styles ⓘ
picturesque compositions ⓘ
polychrome facades in some variants ⓘ
revival of earlier historical styles ⓘ
stylistic quotation of past forms ⓘ
thematic references to national history ⓘ
use of historical ornament ⓘ
continuedInto early 20th century ⓘ
contrastedWith functionalism in architecture ⓘ
modernist architecture ⓘ
criticizedBy modernist architects ⓘ
criticizedFor excessive ornamentation ⓘ
formalism ⓘ
lack of structural honesty ⓘ
developedFrom Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Romanticism ⓘ
emergedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
emergedInPeriod long 19th century ⓘ
flourishedIn Belle Époque ⓘ
Victorian era ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
hasAlternativeName eclectic historicism ⓘ
historicism in architecture ⓘ
revivalist architecture ⓘ
hasDesignElement classical orders in Renaissance Revival variants ⓘ
domes in Baroque Revival and Beaux-Arts variants ⓘ
historical motifs and emblems ⓘ
mansard roofs in Second Empire variants ⓘ
ornamental gables ⓘ
pointed arches in Gothic Revival variants ⓘ
rich sculptural decoration ⓘ
round arches in Romanesque Revival variants ⓘ
turrets and towers ⓘ
hasGeographicDistribution Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Latin America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
parts of Asia ⓘ
hasMovement Baroque Revival ⓘ
Beaux-Arts architecture ⓘ
linked to: Beaux-Arts

Châteauesque ⓘ
Gothic Revival ⓘ
National Romantic style ⓘ
Neo-Baroque ⓘ
linked to: Neobaroque

Neo-Byzantine ⓘ
Neo-Gothic ⓘ
Neo-Grec ⓘ
Neo-Moorish ⓘ
Neo-Renaissance ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance Revival

Neo-Romanesque ⓘ
Queen Anne Revival ⓘ
Renaissance Revival ⓘ
Richardsonian Romanesque ⓘ
Romanesque Revival ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Romanesque

Second Empire style ⓘ
linked to: Second Empire

Stick style ⓘ
linked to: Stick Style

Swiss chalet style ⓘ
Tudor Revival ⓘ
influencedBy Baroque architecture ⓘ
Classical architecture ⓘ
Gothic architecture ⓘ
Renaissance architecture ⓘ
Romanesque architecture ⓘ
medieval architecture ⓘ
relatedConcept eclecticism in architecture ⓘ
national romanticism ⓘ
picturesque movement ⓘ
revivalism in architecture ⓘ
supportedBy academic architectural institutions of the 19th century ⓘ
École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
usedFor banks ⓘ
churches ⓘ
department stores ⓘ
government buildings ⓘ
grand hotels ⓘ
museums ⓘ
opera houses ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
railway stations ⓘ
university buildings ⓘ
urban residential blocks ⓘ
usesMaterial brick ⓘ
cast iron ⓘ
stone ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
terracotta ornament ⓘ
timber framing in some variants ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neuschwanstein Castle → architecturalStyle → Historicist architecture ⓘ
Hoher Markt → hasBuildingStyleInSurroundings → Historicist architecture ⓘ
Artúr Sebestyén → movement → Historicist architecture ⓘ
Reich Court of Justice → architecturalStyle → Historicist architecture ⓘ
Marselisborg Palace → architecturalStyle → Historicist architecture ⓘ