THE BEAUX

ARTS
ARCHITECTURE
Elissa Halabi
TOPICS TO COVER

• History
• Definition
• Important architects
• Characteristics
• Example
THE BEAUX ARTS
HISTORY

1820 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960

BEAUX ARTS
 L’Ecole des Beaux Arts
FOUNDED IN 1648 BY CARDINAL MAZARIN UNDER THE
PATRONAGE OF LOUIS XIV
 ALTHOUGH HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS
TOOK THE FIVE-PART ENTRANCE EXAM , THE
SCHOOL ONLY ADMITTED SIXTY STUDENTS
PER TERM, 45 FRENCH AND 15 FOREIGN.
 In France, Beaux-Arts design was
most popular during what became
known as the Belle Époque, or "the
beautiful age."
 Definition
BEAUX-ARTS ARCHITECTURE IS A BUILDING STYLE
NAMED AFTER THE ÉCOLE DES BEAUX-ARTS IN PARIS,
THE LOOK IS A COMBINATION OF CLASSICAL
IMPERIAL ROMAN ARCHITECTURE, WITH ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE, FRENCH AND ITALIAN BAROQUE,
AND CLASSICAL GREEK ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS
TOSSED IN.
 Important
Architects

DANIEL CHARLES FOLLEN

BURNHAM
• Nationality: United States of
America
• Structures: John Wanamaker
Store, Flatiron Building, Ellicott
Square Building, Santa Fe
Building, Postal Square Building
MCKIM
• Nationality: United States of
America
• Structures: University Club, St.
Paul's Episcopal Church,
Schomburg Center for Research
in Black Culture, Bryan Lathrop
House, Morgan Library
RICHARD
MORRIS HUNT
Nationality: United States of
America
• Structures: Association Residence
Nursing Home, Lenox Library,
Beechwood, Biltmore Estate,
Ochre Court
 THE FLATIRON BUILDING
DANIEL BURNHAM
originally the Fuller Building, is a
triangular 22-story, 87 MT-tall steel-
framed landmarked building located
at 175 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron
District neighborhood of the borough
of Manhattan, New York City.
 BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
CHARLES FOLLEN MCKIM
The Boston Public Library McKim
Building (built 1895) in Copley Square
contains the library's research
collection, exhibition rooms and
administrative offices. When it
opened in 1895, the new Boston
Public Library was proclaimed a
"palace for the people." The building
includes lavish decorations, a
children's room (the first in the
nation), and a central courtyard
surrounded by an arcaded gallery
 BALTIMORE ESTATE
RICHARD MORRIS HUNT
Beaux-Arts Fifth Avenue facade,
Great Hall, and Grand Stairway. These
were designed by architect and Met
trustee Richard Morris Hunt
 Important
Architects

HENRI JULIA MORGAN

LABROUSTE
• Nationality: France
• Structures: The Bibliothèque
Sainte-Geneviève, the
Bibliothèque Nationale.
• Nationality: United States of
America
• Structures: Montezuma School
for Boys: dormitory and
classroom center, Wells House by
Morgan, Hearst Castle, Helen
(Mrs. Horatio) Livermore Shingle
House by Morgan, Samuel Martin
House
CHARLES
GIRAULT
Nationality: France
• Structures: The façade of the
Petit Palais, Paris, .Royal Museum
for Central Africa, Tervuren.,
Palacio Taranco, Montevideo
SAINTE-GENEVIÈVE LIBRARY
HENRI LABROUSTE
Sainte-Geneviève Library is a public
and university library located at 10,
place du Panthéon, across the square
from the Panthéon, in the 5th
arrondissement of Paris.
 HEARST CASTE
JULIA MORGAN
Hearst Castle, San Simeon, is a
National Historic Landmark and
California Historical Landmark located
on the Central Coast of California in
the United States. Conceived by
William Randolph Hearst, the
publishing tycoon, and his architect
Julia Morgan, it was built between
1919 and 1947.
 CHARLES GIRAULT
The Petit Palais in English: Small
Palace) is an art museum in the 8th
arrondissement of Paris, France.
 CHARACTERISTICS
Classical Roman and Greek elements such as
columns, cornices and triangular pediments
Use of formal symmetry
 USE OF MATERIALS
MIX OF ELABORATE SUCH AS STONE,
DECORATIVE
MARBLE,
ITALIAN AND
LIMESTONE OR
FRENCH
BRICK
RENAISSANCE
ELEMENTS

STATUES, FIGURES
ELEVATED FIRST
AND OTHER
STORY
SCULPTURAL
DECORATION ON
BUILDING FAÇADES
COLONNADES, PAVILIONS
Use of arched Grand interior Interior
windows and arrival halls and hierarchy of
doors staircases spaces
 INTERIORS FEATURING
DECORATIVE PLASTER WORK
AND ELABORATE INTERIOR
DESIGN THAT CLASSICALLY
FEATURED REPRODUCTIONS
OF FRENCH OR ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE FURNITURE
PIECES LIKE THOSE FOUND IN
EUROPEAN PALACES

FORMAL GARDENS AND

LANDSCAPED GROUNDS
GARNIER OPERA
PALACE
Designed by the young architect
Charles Garnier the enormous project
was begun in 1861 and was inaugurated
in 1875.
 A 2054-SEAT
OPERA HOUSE NAPOLÉON III ALSO WANTED TO
LEAVE HIS MARK ON THE
MOST EXPENSIVE ARCHITECTURE OF PARIS AND BUILD
BUILDING BUILT A MAGNIFICENT THEATRE IN HIS
DURING ITS TIME. OWN HONOUR.
Charles Garnier
Jean-Louis Charles Garnier 6
November 1825 – 3 August 1898)
was a French architect
Apollo, Poetry and Apollo, Poetry and
Music; Apollo's Music roof
lyre detail sculpture by Aime
Millet

Gumery's L'Harmonie

Poetry roof Lyrical Drama

sculpture by façade sculpture by
Charles Jean-Joseph
Gumery Perraud
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