During the age of enlightenment , everything from art and religion to science and mathematics was questioned, including architecture. 18 century is in the age of enlightenment, people want to bring back the classical elements.It is a fusion of some of modern and classical architecture to create a simple form work with its beauty: simple geometry, arrangement of symmetry and proportion. However, its aim is to maintain the a sense of extreme beauty and exquisiteness. Also era of enlightenment referring to Neoclassicism. An example of architecture in this era is called Church of Saint Geneviève in Paris was built in 1755. It is bring the element from Greek and Roman and refine it to more extreme elegance as if in Renaissance period. It is a combination of age of faith and age of reason together create such a extremely elegance architecture.
The attempt of bring back all those classical element, could trigger the idea of modernism to be born.Because the gap between the high-class people and low class people is wide, which is expressed in architectures in that era.
Church of Saint Geneviève in Paris
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