The cities' fanciful, other-worldly architecture and extravagant city-scape provided ample inspiration for burgeoning artists.
The facade is made to look like the Palace of King Triton and features fanciful seashell-inspired architecture.
Follies fall within the general realm of fanciful and impractical architecture, and whether a particular structure is a folly is sometimes a matter of opinion.
It was fanciful architecture.
The Birth panel shows "fanciful architecture, obliquely placed" similar to the backgrounds found in art work by Gentile de Fabriano.
Just to the north, Spruce Street between 19th and 20th Streets is a riot of fanciful architecture.
Geoff glanced at the fanciful architecture of the huge resorts on either side of Las Vegas Boulevard.
Moore, who loved fanciful architecture, was among the first architects and scholars to take Disneyland seriously.
Many artists before him had specialized in imaginary and fanciful architecture, but Saenredam was one of the first to focus on existing buildings.
Mr. Weisenberg said the hotel, with its fanciful architecture, had always been the barrier island's landmark.