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Beaux-Arts architecturea expresses the academic neoclassical architectural style taught at the �cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. The style "Beaux Arts" is above all the cumulative product of two-and-a-half centuries of instruction under the authority, first, of the Acad�mie royale d'architecture (1671�1793), then, following the French Revolution of the late 18th century, of the Architecture section of the Acad�mie des Beaux-Arts (1795� ). The organization under the Ancien R�gime of the competition for the "Grand Prix de Rome" in architecture, offering a chance to study in Rome, imprinted its codes and aesthetic on the course of instruction, which culminated during the Second Empire (1852�1870) and the Third Republic that followed. The style of instruction that produced Beaux-Arts architecture continued without major interruption until 1968. The Beaux-Arts style heavily influenced the architecture of the United States in the period from 1880 to 1920. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture)
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