HStARC2: Beaux Art & Neo Gothic

BEAUX ART

École des Beaux-Arts, meaning “school of fine arts” in French. It is where the beaux art style in architecture was mostly influenced. Combining classical Greek and Roman architecture with Renaissance ideas, Beaux Arts was a favored style for structures that symbolizes grandeur power and wealth. Mostly for public buildings of the government and mansions for the rich people. It was a big influence on the American architecture between 1880 and 1920. New York City would be the perfect place for the impressive architecture. It features buildings of light colored stone, such as limestone, marble, or light colored brick. All can feature classical Greek or Roman columns, columns in relief, complete with decorative capitals. This bold and public architecture in many ways defines New York, and the Beaux-Arts style is still powerful, and does indeed make for a City Beautiful.

NEO GOTHIC

“The revival of the gothic architecture.” From the flying buttresses to the pointed pinnacles, the movement that aimed to revive the medieval style which started in England on the 1740’s, was successful on the spread out till the 19th century. This architecture is mostly used in churches which imitated the classical gothic style of architecture from its materials to its details yet with the guide of the developing standard practice. The Church of England erected hundreds of Neo Gothic churches, in addition to restoring many original structures. Gothic Revival became widely used also for public buildings throughout the West, especially in England and the United States. The greatest American work of Neo Gothic style is St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, by James Renwick.