Greek Revival

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Greek Revival

An architectural style imitating elements of ancient Greek temple design, popular in the United States and Europe in the first half of the 19th century.

Greek Revival

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (modifier) denoting, relating to, or having the style of architecture used in Western Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, based upon ancient Greek classical examples

Greek Revivalism n

Greek Revivalist adj & n

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