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Empire style

19th-century art movement and style of architecture and interior design
Intangible architectural_style Q191105
Empire style
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

Empire style is an architectural style[1]. It draws 3,078 Wikipedia views per month (architectural style category, ranking #55 of 396).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: art style[3]
  • Follows: Directoire style[4]
  • Subclass of: Neoclassicism[5]
  • Commons category: Empire style[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Empire style[7]
  • Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[8]
  • Different from: Empire[9]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Art+Feminism[10], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

Empire style has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

Related Entities

Château de Malmaison

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0372899-empir
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0372899-empir, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Neoclassicism
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → architectural style, art style
    Follows → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 18169, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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