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Architecture
Architecture Styles
Facts | Style |
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7th Century BCE, earliest of the principal styles. Had circular capitals at the top of columns. | Doric |
6th Century BCE second earliest of the principal styles. More slender, with a large base and two opposite volutes. | Ionic |
430 BCE, last of the principal styles. Slender, with an ornate capital, two rows of leaves and 4 scrolls. | Corinthian |
A combination of the Corinthian and Tuscan orders. | Composite |
1100-1600, A masonry style, with reduced wall space due to overlaid tracery, flying exterior buttresses, long stained glass and ribbed vaults. | Gothic |
1000-1150, Heavy and thick masonry walls, round arches, sturdy pillars, and large towers. Was revived in the mid 19th century. | Romanesque |
500-1000, Thick Rubble Walls, Small Windows, Vaultless Roofs. | Pre-Romanesque |
1400-1500, Symettrical, Poportional, Geometric, Square, St. Peter's Basicilla. Somewhat of a revival of Greek and Roman architecture. | Renaissance |
Appeared in Italy around 1600 and spread around Europe. Domes were common, had high deatailed forms, bright color and a lot of decoration. | Baroque |
700-1500, Post and Lintel Support, Gentrl Curved Roofs and this walls. Uses a single pillar or column. | Japanese-Buddhist Architecture |
1500-1800, Pointed arches, vaulting techniques known as Muqarnas, and bulbous domes. | Persian Architecture |