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Neo-Renaissance

Neo-Renaissance proper noun: a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which drew inspiration from a wide range of 16th century classicizing Italian modes.

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Proper noun (1)

Neo-Renaissance or the Neo-Renaissance

  1. A group of 19th century architectural revival styles which drew inspiration from a wide range of 16th century classicizing Italian modes.
    • Neo-Renaissance is at least heralded in Ledoux and others of his generation, i.e. round arches on detached columns and round-arched windows, and complete in Klenze’s Leuchtenberg Palace at Munich in 1816 and Barry’s Travellers’ Club in 1829.1963, Nikolaus Pevsner, “Victorian Prolegomena”, in Peter Ferriday, editor, Victorian Architecture, London: Jonathan Cape, page 24
    • Neo-Baroque developed especially in France and Flanders from the eighteen-seventies and beyond, and in this part it enjoyed a position corresponding to that of the neo-Renaissance in Germany.2013, Stephan Tschudi Madsen, The Art Nouveau Style, Courier Corporation, →ISBN

Proper noun (2) capitalized: neo-Renaissance

neo-Renaissance or the neo-Renaissance

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Neo-Renaissance.

Synonyms of Neo-Renaissance

Forms of Neo-Renaissance

alternative formneo-Renaissance

Origin of Neo-Renaissance

From neo- + Renaissance.

Questions about Neo-Renaissance

What does Neo-Renaissance mean?
Neo-Renaissance means a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which drew inspiration from a wide range of 16th century classicizing Italian modes.
What part of speech is Neo-Renaissance?
Neo-Renaissance is a proper noun.

Words near Neo-Renaissance in the dictionary

  1. neo-reactionaries
  2. neo-reactionary
  3. neo-realism
  4. neo-religion
  5. neo-religions
  6. Neo-Renaissance
  7. Neo-Rican
  8. Neo-Ricans
  9. neo-Ricardian
  10. neo-Ricardianism
  11. neo-rich

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