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    Overview

    Greek Revival architecture was a style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly … See more

    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

    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

    How Greek Temples Inspired American Buildings
    How Greek Temples Inspired American Buildings
    Greek Revival was a style of architecture that used classical Greek features, such as columns and pediments, on various buildings. It arose in Europe and the US in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
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    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

    See also

    • Architecture portal
    • Goût grec See more

    Notes

    1. ^ J. Turner (ed.), Encyclopedia of American art before 1914, New York, p. 198..
    2. ^ But Giles Worsley detects the first Grecian-influenced architectural element in the windows of Nuneham House from 1756; see … See more

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