O ecletismo na construção do novo Observatório Nacional no início do século XX

Abstract

The sprouting of the eclectic style, as a movement that initiates in Europe during the XVIIIth century, characterized by the adoption of some classic forms engaged with modern elements. The work intends to present, and propose a study of the architecture’s project adopted for the new National Observatory of Rio de Janeiro at the beginning of the XXth century, from concepts such as: place, function, program, tipology, inside a general context of the ecleticism and still to establish, the relations between the National Observatory and others obsevatories constructed in Europe and United States, during the XIX an XX centuries, with the same scientific principles contemplated by astronomy.