The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy in 1842.

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  • The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy in 1842. The term is indicative of how highly self-conscious practitioners of the style were, and that they realized they had created a new mode of architecture. With a newfound access to Greece, archaeologist-architects of the period studied the Doric and Ionic movement, examples of which can be found in Russia, Poland, Lithuania, and Finland (where the assembly of Greek buildings in Helsinki city centre is particularly notable). Yet in each country it touched, the style was looked on as the expression of local nationalism and civic virtue, especially in Germany and the United States where the idiom was regarded as being free from ecclesiastical and aristocratic associations. The taste for all things Greek in furniture and interior design was at its peak by the beginning of the nineteenth century, when the designs of Thomas Hope had influenced a number of decorative styles known variously as Neoclassical, Empire, Russian Empire, and Regency. Greek Revival architecture took a different course in a number of countries, lasting up till the Civil War in America (1860s) and even later in Scotland. The style was also exported to Greece under the first two (German and Danish) kings of the newly independent nation.
  • Greek Revival ist ein architekturhistorischer Ausdruck, der das Imitieren und Kopieren griechisch-antiker Architekturen und Architekturelemente im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert bezeichnet. Der Begriff wird meist entsprechend seiner Entstehung regional beschränkt auf Großbritannien und die USA gebraucht.
  • Le style Greek Revival s'est épanoui en Angleterre et aux États-Unis aux XVIII et XIX siècles. En opposition au style palladien qui s'inspirait du modèle classique italien, il recherche la beauté en s'inspirant des formes et des proportions des anciens temples grecs. Il est considéré comme le premier style national aux États-Unis. Vers la fin du XVIII siècle, il y eut un regain d'intérêt pour l'architecture classique en Europe et aux États-Unis. À l'origine basé sur l'architecture romaine, c'est dans les années 1820 que l' architecture américaine commença à glisser vers un style plus inspiré de la Grèce antique. De nombreux facteurs expliquent ce changement : la guerre de 1812 a entraîné aux États-Unis un mépris de tout ce qui pouvait rappeler l'empire britannique, y compris en architecture. Le modèle romain appelé style fédéral, n'a donc plus été vu comme le meilleur et la Grèce est apparue comme le berceau de la démocratie. En outre, en 1821, ce pays entamait sa guerre d'indépendance contre l'Empire ottoman entraînant la sympathie des Américains, eux aussi indépendants depuis peu.
  • L'architettura neogreca è una corrente che si sviluppò all'interno del neoclassicismo, riprendendo l'apparato formale dell'architettura greca.
  • Неогре́к — архитектурный стиль, возникший в 1820-х годах, основанный на «возвращении» к классическим греческим образцам. Отличается от классицизма (и ампира в частности) подчёркнуто археологическим, детальным подходом к воспроизведению греческой классики, очищенной от влияния древнеримской архитектуры и итальянского ренессанса; идеологически, принадлежит к эпохе эклектики, а не классицизма. В России (прежде всего в Москве) вошёл в моду в конце 1860-х годов и продержался до прихода стиля модерн в конце XIX века.
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  • The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy in 1842.
  • Greek Revival ist ein architekturhistorischer Ausdruck, der das Imitieren und Kopieren griechisch-antiker Architekturen und Architekturelemente im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert bezeichnet. Der Begriff wird meist entsprechend seiner Entstehung regional beschränkt auf Großbritannien und die USA gebraucht.
  • Le style Greek Revival s'est épanoui en Angleterre et aux États-Unis aux XVIII et XIX siècles. En opposition au style palladien qui s'inspirait du modèle classique italien, il recherche la beauté en s'inspirant des formes et des proportions des anciens temples grecs. Il est considéré comme le premier style national aux États-Unis. Vers la fin du XVIII siècle, il y eut un regain d'intérêt pour l'architecture classique en Europe et aux États-Unis.
  • L'architettura neogreca è una corrente che si sviluppò all'interno del neoclassicismo, riprendendo l'apparato formale dell'architettura greca.
  • Неогре́к — архитектурный стиль, возникший в 1820-х годах, основанный на «возвращении» к классическим греческим образцам.
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  • Greek Revival architecture
  • Greek Revival
  • Greek Revival
  • Architettura neogreca
  • Неогрек
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