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Also known as: Napoleon III style, Second Empire Baroque style
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Also called:
Napoleon III, Second Empire Baroque
Date:
c. 1850 - 1900

Second Empire style, architectural style that was dominant internationally during the second half of the 19th century. Developing from a tendency of architects of the second quarter of the 19th century to use architectural schemes drawn from the periods of the Italian Renaissance, Louis XIV, and Napoleon I to give dignity to public buildings, the style was solidified into a recognizable compositional and decorative scheme by the extension designed for the Louvre in Paris by Louis-Tullius-Joachim Visconti and Hector Lefuel in the 1850s. Given prestige by this important setting, the classical style rapidly became an “official” one for many of ...(100 of 563 words)

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