Beaux-Arts
Neo-classical architectural style taught at École des Beaux-Arts in Paris
Popular in the US 1880-1920
Characteristics:
- flat roof
- rusticated & raised first story
- hierarchy of spaces
- arches windows & doors
- classical details
- statuary
- classical architectural details
- subtle polychromy
Flatiron Building
- 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
- 22 stories high, steel framed
- completed in 1902
- the name “Flatiron” originated from its resemblance to a clothing iron
One Point Perspective
Taken from inside the lobby
Acrylic Value Study
The Flatiron if it were a Modernist building
