neoclassical architecture compared to greek and roman architecture
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Neoclassical Architecture Compared to
Greek and Roman Architecture
Taking an Interest in the Classical
• Grand Tour– Went all over Europe, including Rome and
sometimes Greece•Enlightenment (Age of Reason)
–Use intellectual knowledge to recreate society•Excavations of Herculaneum and Pompeii
Greece and Rome: Ideal Models
• Greece and Rome represented:– Liberty– Civic virtue– Morality– Sacrifice– Civilized society
•Ideal models during political upheaval
Style of Neoclassicism
• Appealing because it could portray qualities associated with democratic purity or unshakeable authority
• Ideas of different political rule all fell within Neoclassicism:– Republic government– Imperial rule
• Architecture served as an excellent vehicle for consolidating authority because of its public presence.
Greek and Roman
Parthenon by Iktinos and KallikratesAthens 437 BCE – 432 BCE
Temple of Fortuna VirilisRome 75 BCE
Maison CarréeNîmes 1-10 CE
ColosseumRome 70 CE – 80 CE
PantheonRome 118 CE- 125 CE
Neoclassical
Chiswick House by Richard Boyle and William KentNear London 1725
Panthéon (Sainte-Geneviéve)by Jacques-Germain Soufflot
Paris 1755-1792
Royal Crescent by John Wood the YoungerBath 1769-1775
Monticello by Thomas JeffersonVirginia 1770-1806
La Madeleine by Pierre VignonParis 1807-1842