Colonial Revival Architecture
As Colonial Revival architecture (in English and neocolonial , Georgian Revival or Neo-Georgian ), a nationalist design movement in the United States designated. As part of the Colonial Revival movement, the so-called architecture picked up on stylistic elements in the area of building and interior architecture as well as garden design from the North American colonial era , in which buildings in the Georgian or neoclassical style were built.
With the Centennial Exhibition in 1876, Americans were reminded of their colonial past. In the 1890s, the movement received further impetus and was reinforced again in the course of the spread of the automobile at the beginning of the 20th century, since from this point it was possible for the general public to reach historical sites quickly and comfortably.
history
Since 1876, the United States has seen several phases in which British colonial architecture has been successfully revived. These approaches, which met with great public interest at the beginning of the 20th century, are now summarized under the term Colonial Revival. The landscape photographer Wallace Nutting contributed significantly to the growing popularity of this architectural style with his atmospheric pictures from New England . Historic attractions like the Williamsburg Historic District in Williamsburg , Virginia also made the movement well known. After World War II, the elements of the Colonial Revival merged with the ranch-style house designs popular at the time .
See also
literature
- Alan Axelrod: The Colonial revival in America. Published by the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Norton, New York 1985, ISBN 978-0-393-01942-1 , OCLC 10850528 .
- William JH Butler: Another city upon a hill. Litchfield, Connecticut, and the colonial revival. Thesis / Dissertation, University of Delaware, 1983 OCLC 9680772 .
- Karal Ann Marling: George Washington slept here. Colonial revivals and American culture, 1876-1986. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Massachusetts) 1988, ISBN 978-0-674-34951-3 , OCLC 17227884 .
- Richard Guy Wilson, Noah Sheldon: The colonial revival house. HN Abrams, New York 2004, ISBN 978-0-8109-4959-1 , OCLC 54425086 .
- Richard Guy Wilson, Shaun Eyring, Kenny Marotta: Re-creating the American past. Essays on the colonial revival. University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville 2006, ISBN 978-0-8139-2348-2 , OCLC 61362746 .
