National Romantic style

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National Romantic style in Finland — Tampere Cathedral.

The National Romantic style was a Nordic architectural style that was part of the National Romantic movement during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is often considered to be a form of Art Nouveau.

The National Romantic style spread across the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland; the Baltic countries of Estonia and Latvia, as well as Russia, where it also appeared as Russian Revival architecture. Unlike some nostalgic Gothic Revival style architecture in some countries, Romantic architecture often expressed progressive social and political ideals, through reformed domestic architecture.[1]

Designers turned to early medieval architecture and even prehistoric precedents to construct a style appropriate to the perceived character of people. The style can be seen as a reaction to industrialism and an expression of the same "Dream of the North" nationalism that gave impetus to renewed interest in the eddas and sagas.

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Finland[]

Estonia[]

Denmark[]

Russia[]

  • Kapustin house

  • Putilova house (The Owl House)

  • Melzer Revenue house

  • Traynin hoyse

  • Basseynaya Community of Apartment Owners buildings

  • Bernstein house

  • Basser house

  • Zazersky house

  • Markozov house

  • Barsova house

  • Sagalov house

  • Schmidt house

  • House of the Latvian Church

  • Bazhanov house

  • Vollenweider house

  • Shcherbov Estate Museum

  •  [ru]

  • Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes

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References[]

  1. ^ Barbara Miller Lane, National Romanticism and Modern Architecture in Germany and the Scandinavian Countries (New York: Cambridge University Press), 2000:10.

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