NEOCLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

Neoclassical architecture

inspired by the classical architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.

Late 1500s

started in Italy

Neoclassical In Greek

neo new; ” klasicos --”of highest rank”

1730

architects in Naples started reviving Palladian, Mannerist styles amidst the popular use of the Baroque style

Napoleonic style

neoclassical during the reign of Napoleon symbolized the leadership of the Emperor

Ettienne louis Boullée

drawings geometric architecture that emulates the eternality of the universe

Viollet Ledoux

idea of architectural character, maintaining that a building

should immediately communicate its function to the viewer
“architecture parlante”

NEOCLASSICAL STYLE CHARACTERISTICS

•Greco Roman style and ornamentations

•Colossal column

•Greek mouldings

•Pediments

•Usually white/off white

•Palladian motif*

•Symmetrical

•Simplicity

NEOCLASSICAL BUILDING CHARACTERISTICS

Structures were low

Detailed cornices-Greco-Roman details

Simple facades with free-standing columns

Windows with decorative pediments: triangular, segmented, broken

Pedimented peristyle* colossal columns, symmetrical with touch of simplicity and elegance

Peristyle

a rows of column (colonnade) supporting the roof of the portico (porch)

Types of Neoclassical Architecture

1.Temple Style

2.Palladian Style

3.Classical Block Style

TEMPLE TYPE NEOCLASSICAL BUILDINGS

Pantheon, Rome

Pantheon, Paris

St. Madeleine,Paris

Parthenon, Greece

Baltimore Basilica in Maryland, USA

Pantheon, Rome

•113 125 AD

•Temple of the gods

•Temple Type Neoclassical Architecture

Pantheon, Paris

•1757

•church

•Temple Type Neoclassical Architecture

St. Madeleine,Paris

•Build year 1764 1842

•church

•The structure is made of stone and its cover, bronze

•52 Corinthian columns standing 20 m (65 ft ) tall

•Temple Type Neoclassical Architecture

Parthenon, Greece

•447 BC

•Temple of Athena

•Temple Type Neoclassical Architecture

L'église de St Marie Madeleine in Paris, France

•Classical Orders and tall Columns (usually Doric

or Ionic) were dramatically used as a

consistently repeated element.

•Columns were also seen in Porticos

Andrea Palladio

•One of the giants of Venetian Renaissance architecture of 16th century Western art

•He based his designs on the values of Greek architecture and the traditions of Roman architecture, incorporating them into the modern buildings of the 16th-century

•He adopted the ideology of ancient architecture, while not necessarily committing to the strict orders of classical architecture; focused on capturing the cool, rational logic of classical architecture through idealized mathematical ratios and geometric forms.

PALlADIAN STYLE NEOCLASSICAL

Chiswick House in London, England

United State Capitol

Chiswick House in London, England

-Palladian Type Neoclassical Architecture

-roof flat or horizontal with center dome or tower

-presence of colossal column

-symmetrical

-off white

United State Capitol

-Palladian Type Neoclassical Architecture

-House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States for two centuries

-combines function with aesthetics, with designs derived from ancient Greece and Rome, made of brick clad in sandstone and marble.

BLOCK TYPE NEOCLASSICAL

Manila Central Post Office

Mapua University

Philippine National Museum