Encyclopedia > Greek Revival

  Article Content

Greek Revival

The Greek Revival was a style of classical architecture which became fashionable at the end of the 18th century. It rebelled against the fussy Palladian[?] style (after Andrea Palladio) which was based upon classical Italian styles and relied for its beauty on the form and proportions of ancient Greek temples.



All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

 
  Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!
 
 
  
  Featured Article
Father Damien

... had virtually nothing to keep them warm or fed. After twelve years of ministering to the patients at the leper colony (see Kalawao County, Hawaii), he contracted th ...

 
 
 
This page was created in 48.7 ms