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Classicism: Classical Architecture, Classical Period, Classicism, Nordic Classicism, Edith Hamilton, Classical Realism
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-20.
ISBN 9781156424056
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Classical Architecture, Classical Period, Classicism, Nordic Classicism, Edith Hamilton, Classical Realism, French Baroque and Classicism, Perrault's Colonnade, Polish Classicism. Excerpt: Classical architecture is a mode of architecture employing vocabulary derived in part from the Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity , enriched by classicizing architectural practice in Europe since the Renaissance . Classical architecture has inspired many more recent architects and has led to revivals such as neoclassical architecture from the mid-18th century and the Greek Revival of the 19th century.Archaeological use Classical architecture can be divided into:Only Greek architecture in the time before Alexander (who died in 323 BC) carries an authentic, ethnic designation. The ancient Greeks were notoriously dismissive of barbaroi those who spoke Greek non-natively or not at all. The incredible conquests of Alexander and the subsequent application of a veneer of Greek city states to a base of Egyptian, Semitic, and Iranian populations produced an important change. Though speaking Greek remained the touchstone of whether one was a member of civilized culture or not, the ethnic diversification of the Hellenistic world is clear. The formal elements of classical Greek architecture were applied to temples for gods never worshipped in Greece .The Romans can be seen as the latest Hellenistic empire. Pre-imperial architecture is more or less Etruscan with some Greek elements. By the time the Romans conquered mainland Greece in the 2nd century BC they were importing Greek craftsmen to build major public buildings. The term Roman Art and Roman Architecture has no ethnic meaning relating to Italic Romans . Most art historians assume that it has the ethnic meaning of "Greek-speaking sl
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