Noun: Renaissance revival
- An all-encompassing designation that covers many 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Grecian nor Gothic but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes
"By the time Italy had developed its obsession with the Renaissance revival in the 1870s, collectors and scholars in the rest of Europe had been excited by Renaissance taste and style for several decades.";
- neo-Renaissance
Type of: architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture
Encyclopedia: Renaissance revival