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 Neoclassical architecture is a
style principally derived from the
architecture of Classical Greece
and Rome and the architecture
of the Italian architect Andrew
Palladio.
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There are four types
of Neoclassical
Architecture
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There are only three types of Neoclassical
Architecture, namely: Temple style,
Palladian and Classical Block
Palladian building is based
on Andrea Palladio's style
of villa construction.
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 Temple style building
features a design based
on an ancient temple.
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Balustrade is a classical
method of crowning a
building that has a flat or
low lying roof.
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This is style in architecture is called
Peristyle
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It is called Balustrade
British Museum, London
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LA MADELEINE DE PARIS
This is an example of a Classical Block
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UNITED STATE CAPITOL
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BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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New York Public Library
 Neoclassical embraced a
number of distinctive themes,
such as a longing for history,
supernatural elements, social
injustices, and nature.
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Romaticism/ Romantic period
 The Raft of the Medusa portrays the victims of a
contemporary shipwreck. The people on this raft were
French emigrants en route to West Africa.
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Francisco Goya the first
of the Old Masters
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THE BURIAL
OF SARDINE
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 Saturn devouring his son
depicts the Greek myth of the
Titan Cronus (Saturn), who fears
that he would be overthrown by
one of his children, ate each one
upon their birth.
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A woman personifies Liberty and leads the people forward over
the bodies of the fallen, holding the flag of the French
Revolution.