Egyptian Revival architecture

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Egyptian Revival architecture is a style that imitates the forms, symbols, and monumental character of ancient Egyptian buildings, often featuring elements like pylons, obelisks, sphinxes, and hieroglyphic ornament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style ⓘ
revivalist architecture ⓘ
contrastsWith Gothic Revival architecture ⓘ
linked to: Gothic Revival

Greek Revival architecture ⓘ
emergedInPeriod late 18th century ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 19th century ⓘ
geographicDistribution Australia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
hadResurgenceInCentury early 20th century ⓘ
hadResurgenceInPeriod Art Deco era ⓘ
hasCharacteristic axial symmetry ⓘ
battered walls ⓘ
bright polychrome decoration ⓘ
cavetto cornices ⓘ
hieroglyphic ornament ⓘ
lotus column capitals ⓘ
massive pylons flanking entrances ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
papyrus column capitals ⓘ
scarab and solar disk motifs ⓘ
symbolic use of Egyptian gods and pharaohs ⓘ
use of Egyptianizing columns ⓘ
use of obelisks ⓘ
use of pylons ⓘ
use of sphinx statues ⓘ
use of torus moldings at wall edges ⓘ
use of winged sun disk over doorways ⓘ
hasNotableExample Carreras Cigarette Factory, London ⓘ
Egyptian Building, Richmond ⓘ
Egyptian Hall, London ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Hall

Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood ⓘ
Grove Street Cemetery gateway, New Haven ⓘ
Temple Works, Leeds ⓘ
Tombs in Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ
Washington Monument, Baltimore ⓘ
influencedByDiscovery discovery of the Rosetta Stone ⓘ
excavations of ancient Egyptian temples ⓘ
influencedByEvent Napoleonic campaign in Egypt ⓘ
influencedByPublication Description de l'Égypte ⓘ
inspiredBy ancient Egyptian architecture ⓘ
partOf Egyptian Revival movement in arts ⓘ
relatedTo Egyptian Revival ⓘ
Egyptomania ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
Orientalism in architecture ⓘ
linked to: Orientalism
symbolicallyAssociatedWith ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
death and the afterlife ⓘ
imperial power ⓘ
mysticism and esotericism ⓘ
usedFor Masonic lodges ⓘ
cemeteries ⓘ
churches ⓘ
mausoleums ⓘ
monuments ⓘ
museums ⓘ
prisons ⓘ
private villas ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
synagogues ⓘ
theaters ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

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

the Tomb → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
Central Library → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Ancient Egyptian architecture → influenced → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
Egyptian antiquities → influenced → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
Egyptian Gates → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Egyptian Revival architecture → relatedTo → Egyptian Revival ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Egyptian Revival architecture → partOf → Egyptian Revival movement in arts ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Arnos Vale Cemetery → hasStyle → Egyptian Revival ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
American Art Deco sculpture → influencedBy → Egyptian Revival ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Severance Hall → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
Greater London House → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
Egyptian Theatre (Park City) → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: Egyptian Theatre
Mayan Revival → relatedTo → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
Getty Tomb → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
subject linked to: Carrie Eliza Getty
Egyptian Temple → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival architecture ⓘ
Jubilee Tower → architecturalStyle → Egyptian Revival ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture