Movement
Neoclassical Architecture
Explore in the Atlas →An eighteenth-century return to the purity and monumental order of Greek and Roman antiquity, driven by the archaeology of Pompeii and the writings of Winckelmann; deployed across Europe and America as the dignified language of civic and state institutions.
Memory Power
Details
- Origin
- Rome, Italy
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ReasonAncestry
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Highly codified
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- influenced Beaux-Arts Architecture
Referenced by
- Renaissance Architecture influenced
- Claude-Nicolas Ledoux associated with
- Étienne-Louis Boullée associated with
Sources
- Johann Joachim Winckelmann. Reflections on the Painting and Sculpture of the Greeks. n.p., 1755.
- Winckelmann, Johann Joachim. Reflections on the Imitation of Greek Works in Painting and Sculpture. n.p., 1755.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Neoclassical Architecture." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/neoclassical-architecture/. Accessed July 17, 2026.