- Romanesque architecture is divided into two - appearance of walls, piers , arches and openings, - Pisa cathedral

8. ROMANESQUE STYLE arcades , columns , vaults , and roofs and in the - Leaning tower of Pisa
periods: the “First Romanesque” style and the
“Romanesque” style. The First Romanesque materials used to create these features.
style developed in the north of Italy, parts of - the pairing of two arched windows or arcade - Canterbury cathedral
France, and the Iberian Peninsula in the openings separated by a pillar or colonette and The cathedral is one of the
10th century prior to the later influence of often set within a larger arch. oldest and most famous
the Abbey of Cluny. - Columns were often used in Romanesque Christian structures of
Vaults of Canterbury
architecture, but varied in building material and Romanesque Architecture
cathedral
- Romanesque architecture was the first decorative style. located in Canterbury, Kent,
distinctive style to spread across Europe - wooden roofs consisting of a simple truss , tie England. Norman is the term
since the Roman Empire. beam, or king post form used to describe Romanesque in Leaning tower of
- Started from about the mid-11th century England. Pisa

- Gothic Architecture is a pan-European style - It is usually characterized as a style of masonry Notre-Dame de Reims, France
9. GOTHIC STYLE that lasted between the mid 12th Century and building that makes heavy use of cavernous spaces The kings of France were
the 16th Century. with walls broken up by overlaid tracery. crowned in this cathedral,
constructed during the 13th
- Typical architectural features include: century on the site of an old Notre-Dame de
1. Rib vaults church dating from the year Reims, France
2. Flying buttresses 400
3. Pointed Gothic arches Basilica of Saint Denis, France
4. Stained glass windows were also common Noted as the first Gothic
cathedral (it was completed in
1144), this church holds the Basilica of
graves for all but three of the Saint Denis,
French monarchs France

- The renaissance period lies between 1400 to - Renaissance architects also incorporated columns St Peter’s Basilica
10. RENAISSANCE STYLE 1600. and pilasters, using the Roman orders of columns Designed by Alberti, Raphael,
- A return to Classical ideas ushered an "age (Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite) as Bramante, Michelangelo, and
of awakening" in Italy, France, and England. models. Bernini, St Peter’s Basilica was
- During the Renaissance era architects and - External Renaissance walls were generally of perhaps the most renowned
builders were inspired by the carefully highly finished ashlar masonry, laid in straight work of Renaissance
proportioned buildings of ancient Greece courses . architecture. St peter’s
and Rome. - The corners of buildings were often emphasized by basilica
- The three key Renaissance architects were rusticated quoins. Tempietto del Bramante
Filippo Brunelleschi, Leon Battista Alberti, - The Renaissance style eschewed the complex The tiny, round temple by
and Andrea Palladio. proportional systems and irregular profiles of Donato Bramante sits inside the
- As in the Classical world, Renaissance Gothic structures, and placed emphasis on courtyard of the church of San
architecture was characterised by the symmetry , proportion, geometry, and regularity of Pietro in Montorio in Rome, on
harmony between human and mathematical parts. the spot where St Peter was
proportions - Key architectural elements of Renaissance crucified
buildings included columns, pilasters, pediments, Tempietto del
entablatures, arches, and domes. Bramante

- The architecture of the United States - art nouveau - Dynamic, undulating, and flowing, Empire State Building – art deco
11. ARCHITECTURE IN U.S Empire state building
demonstrates a broad variety of with curved 'whiplash' lines which characterized Chrysler Building – art deco
architectural styles and built forms over much of Art Nouveau movement. Taliesin – prairie school
Chrysler building
the country's history of over two centuries
of independence and former Spanish and - contemporary architecture - Exposed functional
British rule building elements, such as ground-to-ceiling plate
glass windows, and smooth facades. - The style Taliesin
- COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE was molded from modern materials--concrete,
- ROMANTIC ARCHITECTURE glass, and steel.
- VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE
- ART NOUVEAU
- CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE - prairie style architecture - Boxy and symmetrical
- PRAIRIE STYLE ARCHITECTURE or low slung and asymmetrical. - Roofs are low-
- ART DECO STYLE
pitched, with wide eaves.
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