Topics: History : Periods and Styles
Sites which describe and/or discuss a number of periods or styles in architecture belong in the main category here. Those which cover a particular period or style belong in the relevant sub-category.
Arts and Crafts
A movement to revive handicrafts and reform architecture by using traditional building crafts and local materials, in reaction to the Industrial Revolution.
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Art Deco
The Jazz Age style concurrent with International Modern in the 1920s and 1930s, and characterized by streamlining architectural motifs.
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Art Nouveau
A movement away from imitation of the past starting c.1890, and characterized by undulation, natural or abstract forms.
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Baroque
The predominant style of Western European architecture in the 17th century and early 18th century, found also in former European colonies.
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Byzantine
The style which developed in the Eastern Roman Empire (330-1453) in which Classical precepts were no longer strictly observed and new influences from the East were integrated.
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Churrigueresque
A highly decorated style named after the Churriguera family of Spanish architects, which migrated to Spanish colonies in the Americas.
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Classical
Descriptions, discussion and images (including virtual reconstructions) of the architecture of Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, which developed its classical form from the 6th century BC.
Greek,
Greek Revival,
Neo-Classical,
Roman,
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Early Christian
The architecture of the earliest Christian structures, from 200 - c.500 AD. For later developments see Byzantine.
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Egyptian
The architectural style of Ancient Egypt, including its revivals in modern times.
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Gothic
The architecture of the pointed arch, the rib vault and the flying buttress, which came together to form the fully Gothic style in mid-12th-century France.
Gothic Revival,
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International Modern
Also known as the International Style, it was created in the early 20th century in Europe and America and is characterized by asymmetrical compositions, cubic shapes, lack of decoration and the use of metal and glass.
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Islamic
In the 8th and 9th centuries a specifically Islamic style developed, which spread across the Middle East, India, North Africa and Spain with the Muslim conquests.
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Picturesque
An English concept defined in the late 18th century as interesting asymmetrical forms and variety of texture in architecture.
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Plateresque
This ornate architectural style was popular in Spain and its American colonies during the 16th century.
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Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance ('rinascimento' means rebirth) from c.1420 to the mid-16th century rediscovered and re-used the architectural standards and motifs of Ancient Rome.
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Rococo
The last phase of the Baroque, in which it became lighter in colour and weight.
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Romanesque
The style of building in Western Europe, using the round arch derived from Roman architecture, that began in the 7th century under Charlemagne.
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Scottish Baronial
The name given in the 19th century to the architecture of the castellated mansions of Renaissance Scotland.
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Victorian
The styles prevalent in Britain and parts of the British Empire during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837-1901).
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