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neo-renaissance

An adaptation of Italian Renaissance features to buildings of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with restrained classical ornament.

Pictured: Rotes Haus

Renaissance Revival is a 19th- and early 20th-century renewal of forms and motifs from Renaissance architecture. It was the dominant building style in many parts of northern Europe at the end of the 19th century, and remained very popular in North America through the 1920s.

Like the Renaissance style it is based on, Renaissance Revival is a highly flexible style encompassing a variety of motifs and forms differing between countries and regions. It employs a classical vocabulary without monumentalism, integrating pilasters, arches, and pediments into various features on a smaller scale and with less rigidity than in neo-classical architecture.

Common features include pronounced borders with curved or triangular pediments around windows and doors, and clear divisions between levels, wings, or sections. Decoration tends to be regular, symmetrical, and balanced, with a moderate degree of depth. Ornate gables with curled edge lines are common, and features from Renaissance fortresses such as turrets and castellations appear occasionally.

Approximate Dates: 1895 to 1930

neo-renaissance Photos

  1. Photo 942-183-794 1
  2. Photo 497-844-029 2
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  3. Photo 383-169-660 3
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  4. Photo 558-772-329 4
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  5. Photo 320-544-356 5
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  6. Photo 559-880-099 6
  7. Photo 989-827-252 7
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  8. Photo 549-536-051 8
    James Peacock
  9. Photo 545-214-845 9
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  10. Photo 254-898-843 10
    Neil Nickolds
  11. Photo 531-987-079 11
  12. Photo 173-300-536 12
    Nate Lindsey
  13. Photo 954-006-546 13
    Scott Murphy
  14. Photo 398-622-331 14
    Scott Murphy
  15. Photo 101-149-787 15
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  16. Photo 524-294-352 16
    Scott Murphy
  17. Photo 979-924-993 17
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  18. Photo 414-531-684 18
    Daniel Kieckhefer
  19. Photo 326-160-181 19
    Scott Murphy

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