HSTARC2: Reaction Blog (Beaux Arts + Neo Gothic)

Beaux Arts

Grand Central Station, New York City

Order, Dignity and Harmony. These are just the words that compliment the characteristics of Beaux Arts. I can tell that structures in this era was very wealthy because it was heavily ornamented. It has complicated but beautiful decorations on the top of its buildings. Its facade has symmetrical arrangements of windows and countless columns. (It's like they were just putting those elements without a reason.). There were also a lot of statues and  sculptures of Roman gods and goddesses. Its door openings have rounded arches. Commonly, it has a flat roof.

It also possessed the City Beautiful Movement. Many of the states in the United States were scrapped to reform a city where richness and wealth dwells. Structures for the mass such as, museums, churches and city halls were located at the center of the city, surrounded by different landmarks. Washington DC is a great example of this movement, The White House is located at the center of the city surrounded by city halls and other governmental structures.

People during this age lived in a civic virtue, civic virtue means that the peoples habit is important to the success of its community

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Neo Gothic

Chicago Tribune Tower, Chicago

The Neo-Gothic Era started in 1740, England. It's the Revival of Gothic Architecture. It has the same characteristics of Gothic Architecture, such as The height emphasis, pointed windows, pinacles, tracery windows and flying buttresses. This time, Neo Gothic structures weren't as gothic compared to the classical ones. During this era, those key characteristics were also applied to towers, not only churches. It's also not as pointy as the classical strutures because buildings this time was really high. The spires were also still there.

If you look at the windows, it's not really as pointed like the old ones. There were limited tracery windows on this building.

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HSTARC2 Blog update:

Romanesque

Gothic

Renaissance

Baroque/Rococco

American Architecture

Growth of European States

Industrial Revolution

Arts & Crafts

Art Nouveau

Beaux Arts + Neo Gothic

Art Deco

Bauhaus

International Architecture

Louis Sullivan

Frank Lloyd Wright

Le Corbusier

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe