beaux arts
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One thing it clarifies is why Jim Crow monuments are all rendered in the same backward, Beaux-Arts style, exploiting classical forms and elaborate ornamentation harnessed for the 1890s City Beautiful movement.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
The retailer occupied various locations over the years and moved to its current Beaux-Arts home in 1928.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025
These uncomfortable nights paid off - after graduating in 2003 the soon-to-be-star was accepted into Ivory Coast's leading art school, École des Beaux-Arts.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2024
The newest addition to Frieze Week is taking over the New York Estonian House, a Beaux-Arts townhouse at 243 East 34th Street, through May 4.
From New York Times • May 2, 2024
Outside the Academie des Beaux-Arts he wanders for hours through the shops selling prints, eventually buying a drawing of the Hotel de Lauzun.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
