This document provides an overview of European and American architecture between 1750-1900 by showcasing important architectural works and figures. It features images and descriptions of iconic buildings such as the US Capitol, the Altes Museum in Berlin, the Houses of Parliament in London, and Richardson's William Watts Sherman House. The document also highlights the architectural styles and influences found at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, showing how classical and revival styles dominated the period.

1. European and
American Architecture,
1750-1900

2. Marc-Antoine Laugier, Frontispiece, Essai sur l’architecture, 1753.

3. James Stuart and Nicholas Revett,
The Antiquities of Athens, Volume 1, London: 1762

4. James Stuart and Nicholas Revett, “The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates,”
The Antiquities of Athens, Volume 1, London: 1762.

5. Henry Hoare, Stourhead, 1741-81 (Wiltshire, England).

6. Claude Lorrain, Landscape with Aeneas at Delos, 1672 (oil on canvas, 99.6 x
134.3cm).

7. R - Henry Hoare, Stourhead,
1741-81 (Wiltshire, England).
L - Claude Lorrain, Landscape with
Aeneas at Delos, 1672 (oil on canvas,
99.6 x 134.3cm).

8. Henry Flitcroft, Pantheon, Stourhead, 1753-54 (Wiltshire, England).

9. Henry Flitcroft, The Temple of Apollo, Stourhead, 1765 (Wiltshire, England).

10. Henry Flitcroft, King Alfred’s Tower, Stourhead, 1765 and 1769-72 (Wiltshire,
England).
View from the top of King Alfred’s Tower.

11. The Bristol Cross, moved to Stourhead in 1765 (Wiltshire, England).

12. William Thornton, B. H. Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, and Thomas U. Walter,
and others, US Capitol (Washington, D.C., c. 1793-1828, 1851-57, and 1856-
1863).

13. William Thornton, B. H. Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, and Thomas U. Walter,
and others, US Capitol (Washington, D.C., c. 1793-1828, 1851-57, and 1856-
1863).

14. William Thornton, B. H. Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch and Thomas U. Walter, and
others, US Capitol (Washington, D.C., c. 1793-1828, 1851-57, and 1856-1863).
Walter’s 1859 cross
section drawing of the
dome.

15. Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Altes Museum (Berlin 1823-30).

16. Map of Berlin, 1833 (1 – Altes Museum, 2 – Cathedral, 3 – Palace, 4 – Arsenal).
(image courtesy of Sheenhan’s Musem in the German Art World…, p. 74).

17. Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Altes Museum (Berlin 1823-30).
Schinkel, “View of the Rotunda,” 1829.

18. William Strickland, Tennessee State Capitol, Nashville, 1845-59.

19. Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin, Houses of Parliament (London, 1835-68).

20. Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin, Houses of Parliament (London, 1835-68).

21. Charles Barry and A.W.N. Pugin, The House of Lords, Houses of Parliament
(London, 1835-68).

22. Richard Upjohn, Trinity Church (New York City, 1839-46).

23. Owen Jones, “Drawing for Moresque No. 5” and “Plate Egyptian No. 1”
Grammar of Ornament (London, 1856).

24. Gilman, Kendall & Post, Equitable Life Assurance Company Building (New
York City, 1868-70).
(image courtesy of Korom, The
American Skyscraper…, p. 45)

25. William LeBaron Jenney, Home Insurance Building, (Chicago, ca.1885).
(images courtesy of ARTStor)

26. McKim, Mead and White, American Safe Deposit Company Building, (New York
City, 1882-1884).

27. McKim, Mead, and White,
American Safe Deposit
Company Building, (New York
City, 1882-1884).
An Order/
Column.
Palazzo Davanzati,
begun 14th
century.

28. Gilman, Kendall & Post, Equitable Life Assurance Company Building (New
York City, 1868-70).

29. H.H. Richardson, William Watts Sherman House (Newport, RI, 1874-6).
(image from Ochsner and Hubka, “ H. H. Richardson: The Design…,” p. 122)

30. H.H. Richardson, William Watts Sherman House (Newport, RI, 1874-6).
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31. H.H. Richardson, William Watts
Sherman
House (Newport, RI, 1874-6).
Stanley-Whitman House, Farmington, CT, 1720.

32. H.H. Richardson, William Watts Sherman
House (Newport, RI, 1874-6).

33. Charles Garnier, Paris Opera House (Paris, 1862-75).

34. Charles Garnier, Paris Opera House (Paris, 1862-75).

35. Charles Garnier, Paris Opera House (Paris, 1862-75).

36. Map, World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago, Illinois, 1891-93).

37. Court of Honor, World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago, Illinois, 1891-93).

38. Adler & Sullivan, Transportation Building, World’s Columbian Exposition
(Chicago, Illinois, 1891-93).

39. Olmsted, Wooded Island, Lagoon, World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago,
Illinois, 1891-93).