That said, neoclassical architecture is more than a nostalgic nod to antiquity—it’s a powerful visual representation of the Enlightenment ideals of order, beauty, and civic pride.

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All symmetrical lines and strict proportions, Enlightenment architecture believed that nature got in the way of reason.

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Today’s advocates oversell the benefits of unfettered reason. They dismiss the contributions of tradition, religion and nationalism to human progress.

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Piranesi was followed by Étienne-Louis Boullée, whose huge visions of an Enlightenment architecture of fearsome geometry have influenced dictators and megalomaniacs ever since.