Eclecticism In Architecture
Eclecticism In Architecture Eclecticism was a popular architectural style in the nineteenth and twentieth century. It refers to any design that integrates aspects from other cultures or architectural periods, such as traditional patterns and styles, ornamental aesthetics and decorations, structural components, and so on. Eclectic Architecture Eclectic architecture originally emerged in continental Europe in countries such as France (Beaux-Arts architecture), England (Victorian architecture), and Germany (Gründerzeit architecture), in response to a growing need among architects for more expressive freedom in their work. With the construction of skyscrapers and other big public venues such as churches, courthouses, city halls, public libraries, and movie theatres, eclectic architecture became available to the broader population rather than just the upper crust. While several of these facilities have since been dismantled (including the original Pennsylvania station and the first Mad...