Age of the Revivals 18" fo 19" Century Age of Revivals known as the battle of styles. a conflict between Classic and Gothic Architecture Periods of the 19% Century in England 1. Early Victorian - Greek revival and Greco-Roman a. Crystal Palace, London by Sir Joesph Paxton 'b, The Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol by lsambard Brunel cc. $. George Hall, liverpool by Harvey Lonsdale Eimes ‘Sit Charles Barry Age of the Revivals History of Architecture 2. High Victorian + Spread of Gothic and Renaissance revival + Sir George Gilbert Scott - symbolic figure in the period The University Museum, Oxford by Benjamin Woodward liverpool Cathedral Gilbert Scott by Sir George Late Victorian * Principal mode of design called ‘Queen Anne style + Also temed the eclectic style combination of old style and domestic architecture of 1870s in England and USA ‘+ Revival of Byzantine, Romanesque, Baroque. and Early Renaissance a. Heathcote, Ikley, Yorkshire by Sir Edwin Lutyens TRI SCALE REVIEW CENTER — JUNE 2020 1b, Truro Cathedral, Cornwall by JL Pearson Continental Europe (18 1o 20" Century) 1830-1900 Period a. July = Monarchy —_( 1830-1848) charocterized by Neoclassical Renaissance b. Second Empire (1848-1870) characterized by High Neoclassical - Renaissance phase whose main features are the mansard roof and pavilion roof Age of the Revivals History of Architecture a ¢. Third — Republic (1870-1914) characterized by Neoclassical - Boroque |. Theater Francais, Paris by JV Louis Ubrary of S. Genevieve, Paris by Henry Labrouste it. Effel Tower by Gustave Effe! TR SCALE REVIEW CENTER — JUNE 2020 2Terminologies 1. Art Noveau — an art free from any historical style Characteristic of Art Noveau: ©. Organic and Dynamic Form b. Curving Design ._ Simpification of Structural Elements 2. Eclecticlsms - the selection of elements from diverse style for architectural 3. architectonic - related or conforming to technical and architectural principles 4. Realism - founded in a theory that the foremost quality of o building should be uth. The discovery of steel was to allow these principles to be translated into reality. 5. De Stil Architecture - a movement founded by a goup of Dutch painters architects, ond abolish all styles and liberate art from representation and individud expression 6. Classicism - a revival or retum to the principles of Greek or Roman Art and Architecture 7. Neo-Classicism - the last phase of European Class in the late 18" and 19" Century characterized by monumentalty and stict use of the orders and application of ornaments Other Examples: Einstein Tower, Potsdam, Germany by Eric Mendelsohn Age of the Revivals History of Architecture Chapel of Notre Dame, Ronchamp, France Le Corbusier Falling Water/Kaufman House, Pennsylvania by Frank Lloyd Wright The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY USA by Frank Lloyd Wright wl tug Opera House, Sydney, Australia by Jom Utzon of Denmork TRI SCALE REVIEW CENTER - JUNE 2020 3Bauhaus by Waller Gropius lever House, NY USA by Skidmore, Owings ‘and Meri Paimio Sanatorium Finland by Alvar Aalto Aaa, The United States Pavilion a! Montreal Stockholm City library, Sweden by Asplund Tokyo Sports Halls ~ 1964 Olympic Games by Nervi and Vitelo The Barbican Housing Project, London by Chamberlin, Powel & Bon (1965) The Palazzetto dello Sport - 1960 Olympic Games by Nervi and Vitellozi Age of the Revivals TRI SCALE REVIEW CENTER ~ JUNE 2020 History of Architecture 4Dules International Aiport Washington DC by Eero Saatinen TWA John F. Kennedy Int'l Airport, New York by Eero Saarinen Parliament Buildings, Brazil by Lucio Costa, and Oscar Niemeyer(1940) Victor Emmanuel ll Monument, Rome by Giuseppe Sacconi (1885-1911) BT Tower/The Post Office Tower London by The Architects of Minisry of Public Buicing ‘and Work Empire State Building. New York by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon Age of the Revivals TRI SCALE REVIEW CENTER ~ JUNE 2020 History of Architecture 5