The Baroque Revival, also known as Neo-Baroque (or
Second Empire architecture
Second Empire style, also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts originating in the Second French Empire. It was characterized by elements of many different historical styles, and al ...
in France and
Wilhelminism
The Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era () comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhel ...
in Germany), was an architectural style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The term is used to describe architecture and
architectural sculpture
Architectural sculpture is the use of sculptural techniques by an architect and/or sculptor in the design of a building, bridge, mausoleum or other such project. The sculpture is usually integrated with the structure, but freestanding works that ...
s which display important aspects of
Baroque
The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...
style, but are not of the original Baroque period. Elements of the Baroque architectural tradition were an essential part of the curriculum of the
École des Beaux-Arts
; ) refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts architecture, Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth centu ...
in Paris, the pre-eminent school of architecture in the second half of the 19th century, and are integral to the
Beaux-Arts architecture
Beaux-Arts architecture ( , ) was the academic architectural style taught at the in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Renaissance and ...
it engendered both in France and abroad.
An ebullient sense of European
imperialism
Imperialism is the maintaining and extending of Power (international relations), power over foreign nations, particularly through expansionism, employing both hard power (military and economic power) and soft power (diplomatic power and cultura ...
encouraged an official architecture to reflect it in Britain and France, and in Germany and Italy the Baroque Revival expressed pride in the new power of the unified state.
Notable examples
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Akasaka Palace
is a of the government of Japan. Other state guesthouses of the government include the Kyoto State Guest House.
The palace was originally built as the in 1909. Today the palace is designated by the government of Japan as an official accommod ...
(1899–1909), Tokyo, Japan
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Alferaki Palace (1848),
Taganrog
Taganrog (, ) is a port city in Rostov Oblast, Russia, on the north shore of Taganrog Bay in the Sea of Azov, several kilometers west of the mouth of the Don (river), Don River. It is in the Black Sea region. Population:
Located at the site of a ...
, Russia
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Ashton Memorial
The Ashton Memorial is a folly in Williamson Park, Lancaster, Lancashire, England, built between 1907 and 1909 by the millionaire industrialist Lord Ashton in memory of his second wife, Jessy, at a cost of ÂŁ87,000 (equivalent to ÂŁ in ).
Des ...
(1907–1909),
Lancaster
Lancaster may refer to:
Lands and titles
*The County Palatine of Lancaster, a synonym for Lancashire
*Duchy of Lancaster, one of only two British royal duchies
*Duke of Lancaster
*Earl of Lancaster
*House of Lancaster, a British royal dynasty
...
, England
*
Belfast City Hall
Belfast City Hall (; Ulster-Scots: ) is the civic building of Belfast City Council located in Donegall Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It faces North and effectively divides the commercial and business areas of the city centre. It is a Grad ...
(1898–1906), Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Bode Museum
The Bode Museum (), formerly called the Emperor Frederick Museum (), is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin. It was built from 1898 to 1904 by order of German Emperor William II according to plans by Ernst ...
(1904), Berlin, Germany
*
British Columbia Parliament Buildings
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and are home to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.
The Speaker and the Sergeant-at-Arms are amongst those responsible for the legislative precinc ...
(1893–1897),
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia, on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast. The city has a population of 91,867, and the Gre ...
, Canada
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Burgtheater
The Burgtheater (; literally: "Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater", originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in ...
(1888), Vienna, Austria
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Cardiff City Hall
City Hall () is a municipal building in Cardiff, Wales, UK. It serves as Cardiff's centre of local government. It was built as part of the Cathays Park civic centre development and opened in October 1906. Built of Portland stone, it is an impor ...
(1897–1906), Cardiff, Wales
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Cathedral of Salta
Salta Cathedral (, ''Catedral de Salta'') is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Salta, Argentina. The church serves as the seat and the metropolitan cathedral of the Archbishop of Salta. The cathedral is dedicated to Jesus Christ as the “Lord of M ...
(1882),
Salta
Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Salta Province, the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the List of cities in Argentina, 7th most-populous ...
, Argentina
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Christiansborg Palace
Christiansborg Palace (, ) is a palace and government building on the islet of Slotsholmen in central Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the seat of the Danish Parliament (), the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark. Also ...
(1907–1928), Copenhagen, Denmark
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Church of St. Ignatius Loyola (1895–1900), New York City, United States
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Church of Saints Peter and Paul St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, and variations using Saint or Saints or other, may refer to one of many churches dedicated to the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul around the world, including:
Armenia
* Saint Paul and Peter Church, Yerevan (de ...
(1932–1939),
Athlone
Athlone (; ) is a town on the border of County Roscommon and County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located on the River Shannon near the southern shore of Lough Ree. It is the second most populous town in the Midland Region, Ir ...
, Ireland
*
Cluj-Napoca National Theatre
The Lucian Blaga National Theatre ( Romanian: Teatrul Național ''Lucian Blaga'') is in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, sharing its building with the Romanian Opera.
Building
The theatre was built between 1904 and 1906 by the Austrian architects Ferdinan ...
(1904–1906),
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...
, Romania
*
Dolmabahçe Palace
Dolmabahçe Palace ( ) is a 19th-century imperial palace located in Istanbul, Turkey, along the European shore of the Bosporus, which served as the main administrative center of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1887 and from 1909 to 1922.
Histor ...
(1843–1856), Istanbul, Turkey
*
Durban City Hall
Durban City Hall is a historic city hall located at Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
History
The building was designed by architect Stanley G. Hudson and erected between 1906 and 1910.
Description
The building, which features an Edwar ...
,
Durban
Durban ( ; , from meaning "bay, lagoon") is the third-most populous city in South Africa, after Johannesburg and Cape Town, and the largest city in the Provinces of South Africa, province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Situated on the east coast of South ...
, South Africa
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The Elms Mansion (1899–1901),
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport is a seaside city on Aquidneck Island in Rhode Island, United States. It is located in Narragansett Bay, approximately southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, south of Fall River, Massachusetts, south of Boston, and nort ...
, United States
*
Gran Teatro de La Habana
Gran Teatro de La Habana is a theater in Havana, Cuba, home to the Cuban National Ballet. It was designed by the Belgian architect Paul Belau and built by Purdy and Henderson, Engineers in 1914 at the site of the former Teatro TacĂłn. Its cons ...
(1908–1915), Havana, Cuba
*
House of the National Assembly of Serbia
The House of the National Assembly (), formally the House of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia () is the seat of the National Assembly of Serbia. The building is located on Nikola Pašić Square in downtown Belgrade, across Novi ...
(1907–1936), Belgrade, Serbia
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Thomas Jefferson Building
The Thomas Jefferson Building, also known as the Main Library, is the oldest of the Library of Congress buildings in Washington, D.C. Built between 1890 and 1897, it was initially known as the Library of Congress Building. In 1980, the building ...
, Library of Congress (1873–1897), Washington, D.C., United States
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Näsilinna
Näsilinna (; lit. "Näsi Castle") is a Baroque Revival architecture, neo-baroque palace on Näsikallio in Tampere, Finland. It was built by Peter von Nottbeck, son of , a St. Petersburg-based industrial manager of Finlayson (company), Finlayson. ...
(also known as the Milavida Palace) (1898),
Tampere
Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...
, Finland
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Royal Palace
This is a list of royal palaces, sorted by continent.
Africa
Americas
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Europe
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, Sofia, Bulgaria
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National Theatre (1899), Oslo, Norway
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Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
The Oceanographic Museum (), is a museum of marine sciences in Monaco City, Monaco.
This building is part of the Institut océanographique, which is committed to sharing its knowledge of the oceans.
History
The Oceanographic Museum was i ...
(1910), Monaco
*
Old Parliament Building (1930),
Colombo
Colombo, ( ; , ; , ), is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. The Colombo metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 5.6 million, and 752,993 within the municipal limits. It is the ...
, Sri Lanka
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Ortaköy Mosque
Ortaköy Mosque (), formally the Büyük Mecidiye Camii () in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, is a mosque situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus. It was commissioned by the Ottom ...
(1854–1856), Istanbul, Turkey
*
Palais Garnier
The (, Garnier Palace), also known as (, Garnier Opera), is a historic 1,979-seatBeauvert 1996, p. 102. opera house at the Place de l'Opéra in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was built for the Paris Opera from 1861 to 1875 at the ...
(also known as the Paris Opera) (1861–1875), Paris, France
*
Port of Liverpool Building
The Port of Liverpool Building (formerly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office) is a Grade II* listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head and, along with the neighbouring Roya ...
(1903–1907), Liverpool, England
*
Rosecliff
Rosecliff is a Gilded Age mansion of Newport, Rhode Island, now open to the public as a historic house museum. The house has also been known as the Hermann Oelrichs House or the J. Edgar Monroe House.
It was built 1898–1902 by Theresa Fair O ...
Mansion (1898–1902), Newport, Rhode Island, United States
*
Royal Museum for Central Africa
The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) (; ; ), communicating under the name AfricaMuseum since 2018, is an ethnography and natural history museum situated in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, just outside Brussels. It was originally b ...
(1905–1909),
Tervuren
Tervuren (; ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren proper, Vossem and Moorsel. On 1 January 2006, Tervuren had a total population o ...
, Belgium
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Semperoper
The Semperoper () is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the Th ...
(1878),
Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
, Germany
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Sofia University
Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" () is a public university, public research university in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is the oldest institution of higher education in Bulgaria.
Founded on 1 October 1888, the edifice of the university was constr ...
rectorate (1924–1934), Sofia, Bulgaria
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St. Barbara's Church (1910),
Brooklyn
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, New York, United States
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St. John Cantius Church (1893–1898), Chicago, United States
* Stefánia Palace (formerly named Park Club) (1893–1895), Budapest, Hungary
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Széchenyi thermal bath (1913), Budapest, Hungary
*
Volkstheater
The Volkstheater (translated as "People's Theatre") in Vienna was founded in 1889 by request of the citizens of Vienna, amongst them the dramatist Ludwig Anzengruber and the furniture manufacturer Thonet, in order to offer a popular counter weig ...
(1889), Vienna, Austria
* Wenckheim Palace (1886–1889), Budapest, Hungary
*
Zachęta National Gallery of Art (1898–1900), Warsaw, Poland
There are also number of post-modern buildings with a style that might be called "Baroque", for example the
Dancing House in Prague by
Vlado Milunić
Vladimir Milunić (3 March 1941 – 17 September 2022) was a Czech-Croatian architect. He was noted for designing the " Dancing House" in Prague with Frank Gehry. He also taught at the Czech Technical University in Prague.
Early life
Miluniďż˝ ...
and
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry ( ; ; born February 28, 1929) is a Canadian-American architect and designer. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions.
Gehry rose to prominence in th ...
, who have described it as "new Baroque".
["''The Dancing Building, which Frank Gehry and Vlado Milunic have described as "new Baroque", has divided opinion ..'", in "Architect recalls genesis of Dancing Building as coffee table book published", by Ian Willoughby, 11-07-2003]
online at The international service of Czech Radio
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Baroque Revival architects
* Ferdinand Fellner
Ferdinand Fellner (19 April 1847 – 22 March 1916) was an Austrian architect.
Biography
Fellner joined his ailing father's architecture firm at the age of nineteen. After his father's death he founded the architecture studio Fellner & Helmer ...
(1847–1916) and Hermann Helmer
Hermann Gottlieb Helmer (13 July 1849 – 2 April 1919) was a German architect who mainly worked in Austria.
Biography
After completing an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, and some further education he joined the architecture firm of Ferdinand ...
(1849–1919)
* Arthur Meinig
Arthur Meinig (Hungarian: Meinig Arthur) was a Kingdom of Saxony-born architect from Austria-Hungary. He was born in Waldheim, Saxony on 7 November 1853 and died in Budapest on 14 September 1904. After studying in Dresden, he worked for archit ...
(1853–1904)
* Sir Edwin Lutyens
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memorials ...
(1869–1944)
* Members of the Armenian Balyan family
The Balyan family (; ) was a prominent Armenians, Armenian family in the Ottoman Empire of court architects in the service of List of Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman sultans and other members of the Ottoman dynasty during the 18th and 1 ...
(19th century)
* Charles Garnier (1825–1898)
Gallery
File:Istanbul_asv2020-02_img60_Ortaköy_Mosque.jpg, Ortaköy Mosque
Ortaköy Mosque (), formally the Büyük Mecidiye Camii () in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Turkey, is a mosque situated at the waterside of the Ortaköy pier square, one of the most popular locations on the Bosphorus. It was commissioned by the Ottom ...
in Istanbul, Turkey, 1854–1856
File:Dresden - Semperoper - 2013.jpg, Semperoper
The Semperoper () is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper Ballett. The building is located on the Th ...
in Dresden
Dresden (; ; Upper Saxon German, Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; , ) is the capital city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony and its second most populous city after Leipzig. It is the List of cities in Germany by population, 12th most p ...
, Germany, 1878
File:AMSTERDAM HOLLAND APRIL 2013 (8711705082).jpg, Basilica of St. Nicholas in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1887
File:Wien - Burgtheater, Hauptfassade.JPG, Burgtheater
The Burgtheater (; literally: "Castle Theater" but alternatively translated as "(Imperial) Court Theater", originally known as '' K.K. Theater an der Burg'', then until 1918 as the ''K.K. Hofburgtheater'', is the national theater of Austria in ...
in Vienna, Austria, 1888
File:Sagerska palatset 2011.JPG, Sager House
The Sager House () or Sager Palace (''Sagerska palatset'') is the official residence of the prime minister of Sweden, located at Strömgatan 18 in central Stockholm.
Location
The Sager House is located in the Stockholm borough of Norrmalm (b ...
in Stockholm, Sweden, 1893
File:Näsilinna, Museo Milavida.jpg, Milavida Palace in Tampere
Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...
, Finland, 1898
File:Port of Liverpool building - 2012-05-27 (5).JPG, Port of Liverpool Building
The Port of Liverpool Building (formerly Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Offices, more commonly known as the Dock Office) is a Grade II* listed building in Liverpool, England. It is located at the Pier Head and, along with the neighbouring Roya ...
, Liverpool, England, 1903–1907
File:AfricaMuseum - 2023-02-09 - 03.jpg, Royal Museum for Central Africa
The Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) (; ; ), communicating under the name AfricaMuseum since 2018, is an ethnography and natural history museum situated in Tervuren in Flemish Brabant, Belgium, just outside Brussels. It was originally b ...
in Tervuren
Tervuren (; ) is a municipality in the province of Flemish Brabant, in the Flemish region of Belgium. The municipality comprises the villages of Duisburg, Tervuren proper, Vossem and Moorsel. On 1 January 2006, Tervuren had a total population o ...
, Belgium, 1905–1909
File:Budapest Széchenyi Baths R02.jpg, Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest, Hungary, 1913
File:Facciata Incoro.JPG, Madre del Buon Consiglio
The Basilica of the Crowned Mother of Good Counsel (Italian: ''Basilica della incoronata Madre del Buon Consiglio'') is a Roman Catholic minor basilica located in Naples, southern Italy. It is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the tit ...
in Naples, Italy, 1920–1960
File:2017 Lima - Palacio de Gobierno del PerĂş.jpg, Government Palace in Lima, Peru, 1938
See also
* List of Baroque architecture
The following is a list of examples of various types of Baroque architecture since its origins.
See also
* List of Baroque residences
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Architecture lists ...
* List of Baroque residences
This is a list of Baroque architecture, Baroque palaces and Residenz, residences built in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Baroque architecture is a building style of the Baroque, Baroque era, begun in late 16th-century Italy and spread in Europe ...
* Second Empire architecture
Second Empire style, also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts originating in the Second French Empire. It was characterized by elements of many different historical styles, and al ...
* Edwardian Baroque architecture
Edwardian architecture usually refers to a Baroque Revival architecture, Neo-Baroque architectural style that was popular for public buildings in the British Empire during the Edwardian era (1901–1910). Architecture up to 1914 is commonly inclu ...
* Wilhelminism
The Wilhelmine period or Wilhelmian era () comprises the period of German history between 1888 and 1918, embracing the reign of Kaiser Wilhelm II in the German Empire from the death of Kaiser Friedrich III until the end of World War I and Wilhel ...
References
Further reading
* James Stevens Curl; "Neo-Baroque." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Oxford University Press. 2000. ďż˝
Encyclopedia.com
. accessed 3 Jan. 2010.
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Architecture
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Baroque architecture
19th-century architectural styles
20th-century architectural styles