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  1. Greek Revival architecture
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    Greek Revival architecture - Wikipedia
    General characteristics

    Much Greek Revival architecture used the Greek Doric order in the earlier version found in buildings leading up to the Parthenon in Athens. This contrasted significantly with later Greek Hellenistic architecture… See more

    An Introduction to the American Greek Revival, with architect Jacques Levet
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    An Introduction to the American Greek Revival, with architect Jacques Levet
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    Europe

    In Germany, Greek Revival architecture is predominantly found in two centres, Berlin and Munich. In both locales, Doric was the court style rather than a popular movement and was heavily patronised by Frederick William II o… See more

    North America

    In Canada, Montreal architect John Ostell designed a number of prominent Greek Revival buildings, including the first building on the McGill University campus and Montreal's original Custom House, now part of the … See more

    Polychromy

    The discovery that the Greeks had painted their temples influenced the later development of the style. The archaeological dig at Aegina and Bassae in 1811–1812 by Cockerell, Otto Magnus von Stackelberg, … See more

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