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Definition of Classical architecture
1. Noun. Architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans.
Examples of category: Cyma, Cymatium
Generic synonyms: Architectural Style, Style Of Architecture, Type Of Architecture
Specialized synonyms: Greek Architecture, Roman Architecture
Literary usage of Classical architecture
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History by Albert J. Schmidt (1989)
"The narrow streets and alleys between Herzen and Kalinin below the Boulevard Ring
aré similarly laced with classical architecture. ..."
2. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"worked in the flutes of columns, pilasters, etc., in classical architecture.—Parker's
Gloss, of Architecture. ..."
3. Annotated Bibliography of Fine Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Arts by Russell Sturgis, Henry Edward Krehbiel (1897)
"DIE AUSGÄNGE DER CLASSISCHEN BAUKUNST (THE GRADUAL DISAPPEARANCE OK CLASSICAL
ARCHITECTURE, as in the Christian Church-building which replaced it) : DIE ..."
4. The Metaphors of St Paul by John Saul Howson (1868)
"classical architecture. /^\UR last section was on the military metaphors of St
Paul, with especial reference to the middle portion of the sixth chapter of ..."
5. The Philosophy of Art: An Introduction to the Scientific Study of Aesthetics by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Karl Ludwig Michelet (1886)
"B.—classical architecture. In the classical architecture, the process of building
is again restored to the original purpose from which it started, namely, ..."
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