Beaux-Arts architecture takes its name from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, an academy where four ambitious students—Félix Duban, Joseph-Louis Duc, Henri Labrouste and Léon Vaudoyer—challenged the ...

The idea of integration between art and architecture dates back to the very origin of the discipline, however, it took on a new meaning and social purpose during the Avant-Garde movement of the early ...

Allan Wexler, “Sheathing the Rift” (2014) (all images courtesy Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York) In recent years, the connections between architecture, art, and design have, in many cases, become ...

The central rotunda of the Smithsonian's Arts and Industries Building’s today. Photo by Farrah Skeiky The next time you’re in the Smithsonian’s Arts and Industries Building—which reopens in November ...

W.G. Clark’s Campbell Hall East Addition, University of Virginia, 2008. (Scott Smith/Courtesy American Academy of Arts and Letters) Each year the Academy, founded in 1898 as an honor society, ...

Here are some examples of Beaux Arts design in retail and other business buildings in Lancaster city. Click the arrows to move through the photos and see local examples of this architectural style ...

For those that love a performance, perhaps no building style is more theatrical than Baroque architecture. “The origins of the word ‘Baroque’ are not entirely clear, but it is generally associated ...

The studio's identity has been evolving since its beginnings when the name "RARE" was first assigned to a sculptural piece: a work of art that also functioned as furniture and equipment but could have ...

The American Academy of Arts and Letters has announced that a total of five recipients have been honored with 2024 Architecture Awards, including the New York–based honor society’s flagship ...

New York–based honor society the American Academy of Arts and Letters announced this week the 2023 recipients of its annual architecture awards program, which first commenced in 1955 with the bestowal ...

Art history majors at Santa Clara University examine the broad range of human visual expression across space and time, developing understandings of the meanings and purposes of visual and material ...