Beaux-Arts architecture was the academic architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, particularly from the 1830s to the end of the 19th century. It drew upon the principles of French neoclassicism, but also incorporated Renaissance and Baroque elements, and used modern materials, such as iron and glass, and later, steel. It was an important style and enormous influence in Europe and the Americas through the end of the 19th century, and into the 20th, particularly for the institutional buildings.
Image: Opera Garnier Grand Escalier
Image: Palacio CEC, Bucarest, Rumanía, 2016 05 29, DD 91 93 HDR
Image: Paris 20130807 Grand Palais
Image: The New York Grand Central Terminal
École des Beaux-Arts refers to a number of influential art schools in France. The term is associated with the Beaux-Arts style in architecture and city planning that thrived in France and other countries during the late nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth century.
Palais des études of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Courtyard of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris