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- Georgian Colonial Houses - About.com provides an illustrated introduction to the simplified Neo-Classical style favored by the well-to-do in 18th-century America.
- Edinburgh New Town - Article by Jane Boyd-Brent for About Scotland on the burst of Neo-Classical architecture in Edinburgh in the 18th century and its architects, including Robert Adam. Photographs and map.
- The Portico Pages - Examples of porch architecture in Neo-Classical and Federal styles. Includes Italian Renaissance buildings by Palladio and examples from the American South, Washington and Arlington.
- Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford - The only neo-classical Georgian cathedral in Ireland, designed by John Roberts (1714-1796). The official site includes a history and images, and a brief biography of its architect.
- St George's Hall, Liverpool - Photographs and history from the BBC of this splendid Neo-Classical building, erected between 1842 and 1855 to the designs of Harvey Elmes and now a conference venue.
- The Classical Style in Norfolk Small Towns, 1720-1800 - An illustrated description from the University of Leicester, with bibliography, including a discussion of the dissemination of Classicism to the English provinces.
- ThinkQuest: Neo-Classicism - Description of the period, two articles on Stravinsky.
- Monticello - Photographs and brief history of this World Heritage site, designed in the Neo-Classical style by Thomas Jefferson as his own home in Charlottesville, Virginia. Supplied by the National Parks Service.
- Castle Coole - The Neo-Classical family home of the Earls of Belmore was designed by James Wyatt and completed in 1798. Photograph, history and visitor information from Lodgings Ireland.
- Osterley Park - A National Trust property in West London, with a house designed by Robert Adam for the Child banking family in the neo-classical style. Includes history, a biography of Adam and visitor information.
Wikipedia Articles
- Neo-Grec - Neo-Grec is a term referring to late manifestations of Neoclassicism, early Neo-Renaissance now called the Greek Revival style, which was popularized in architecture, the decorative arts, and in painting during France's Second Empire, or the reign of Napoleon III, a period that lasted approximately between 1848 and 1865. It was one of many "Revival styles" of the ...
- Neoclassicism - Neoclassicism (sometimes rendered as Neo-Classicism or Neo-classicism) is the name given to quite distinct movements in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that draw upon Western classical art and culture (usually that of Ancient Greece or Ancient Rome). These movements were dominant during the mid 18th to ...
- Right Realism - In criminology, Right Realism (also known as New Right Realism, Neo-Classicism, Neo-Positivism, or Neo-Conservatism) is the ideological polar opposite of Left Realism. It considers the phenomenon of crime from the perspective of political Conservatism and asserts that it takes a more realistic view of the causes of crime and deviance, and identifies the best mechanisms for ...
- Jeffersonian architecture - Jeffersonian Architecture or Jeffersonian Colonial is an American form of Neo-Classicism or Neo-Palladian based on U.S.
- Louis Michel Thibault - Louis Michel Thibault 28 September 1750 Picquigney - 15 November 1815 Cape Town, was a French-born South African architect and engineer who designed numerous buildings in the Cape Colony. He was South Africa's first trained architect and brought with him a distinctive mannered neo-classicism.