Neoclassical Architecture: Exploring 17th-19th Century European Masterpieces

Name Institutional affiliations Date In the 17th century, Europe embraced new artistic styles in architecture, painting and sculptures. From 1750 to around 1830, a new design of classicism flourished, known as neoclassicism (Irwin, 1997). Neoclassicism was used to distinguish it from the classical architecture of ancient Rome, or renaissance, as known at that time. Around the 18th century, modern classicism was described as the authentic style that emphasized illusion and applied ornament. Architects began this new architecture to outdate the baroque architecture. This essay aims to discuss three buildings in separate periods and how each was in terms of style, ornament, plan and construction technique. Versailles's palace is the leading world's most famous 17th -18th-century monumental complex located approximately twenty kilometres southwest of Paris. In 1624, king Louis XIII while on several hunting trips, was pleased with the location of the area and ordered the construction of a hunting lodge. The directives of the construction facilitated and designed by Philibert Le Roy, whereby a small chateau was constructed of stone and red brick. It was later on