Egyptian Revival architecture

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Egyptian Revival architecture is a style that imitates the forms, symbols, and monumental character of ancient Egyptian buildings, often featuring elements like pylons, obelisks, sphinxes, and hieroglyphic ornament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architectural style
revivalist architecture
contrastsWith Gothic Revival architecture
linked to: Gothic Revival

Greek Revival architecture
emergedInPeriod late 18th century
flourishedInCentury 19th century
geographicDistribution Australia
Europe
Middle East
North America
South America
hadResurgenceInCentury early 20th century
hadResurgenceInPeriod Art Deco era
hasCharacteristic axial symmetry
battered walls
bright polychrome decoration
cavetto cornices
hieroglyphic ornament
lotus column capitals
massive pylons flanking entrances
monumental scale
papyrus column capitals
scarab and solar disk motifs
symbolic use of Egyptian gods and pharaohs
use of Egyptianizing columns
use of obelisks
use of pylons
use of sphinx statues
use of torus moldings at wall edges
use of winged sun disk over doorways
hasNotableExample Carreras Cigarette Factory, London
Egyptian Building, Richmond
Egyptian Hall, London
linked to: Egyptian Hall

Egyptian Theatre, Hollywood
Grove Street Cemetery gateway, New Haven
Temple Works, Leeds
Tombs in Père Lachaise Cemetery
Washington Monument, Baltimore
influencedByDiscovery discovery of the Rosetta Stone
excavations of ancient Egyptian temples
influencedByEvent Napoleonic campaign in Egypt
influencedByPublication Description de l'Égypte
inspiredBy ancient Egyptian architecture
partOf Egyptian Revival movement in arts
relatedTo Egyptian Revival
Egyptomania
Neoclassical architecture
Orientalism in architecture
linked to: Orientalism
symbolicallyAssociatedWith ancient Egyptian religion
death and the afterlife
imperial power
mysticism and esotericism
usedFor Masonic lodges
cemeteries
churches
mausoleums
monuments
museums
prisons
private villas
public buildings
synagogues
theaters

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the Tomb architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival architecture
Central Library architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Ancient Egyptian architecture influenced Egyptian Revival architecture
Egyptian antiquities influenced Egyptian Revival architecture
Egyptian Gates architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Egyptian Revival architecture relatedTo Egyptian Revival
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Egyptian Revival architecture partOf Egyptian Revival movement in arts
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Arnos Vale Cemetery hasStyle Egyptian Revival
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
American Art Deco sculpture influencedBy Egyptian Revival
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture
Severance Hall architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival architecture
Greater London House architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival architecture
Egyptian Theatre (Park City) architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival architecture
subject linked to: Egyptian Theatre
Mayan Revival relatedTo Egyptian Revival architecture
Getty Tomb architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival architecture
subject linked to: Carrie Eliza Getty
Egyptian Temple architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival architecture
Jubilee Tower architecturalStyle Egyptian Revival
linked to: Egyptian Revival architecture