Architectural Styles - TIMELINE

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  • Jan 1, 700

    Ancient Egyptian

    Ancient Egyptian
    Year - 3050 BC to 900 BC
    Powerful rulers/kings constructed pyramids, shrines, and temples/tombs.
    Features: The architecture has enormous structures
    Houses in Egypt were made out of block of sun blocked mud. Famous Architecture : Pyramids of Giza were a influencing architecture as it lead people to think about the heights of a building.
  • Jan 1, 1100

    Gothic Arts

    Gothic Arts
    Year: 1100-1450
    Architecture reaches new height
    Began from French, when they adapted to the earlier Roman style
    Builders were influenced by pointed arch and stonework in Spain
    Features: Pointer Archs, Ribbed Vaulting, Stained Glass Windows, elaborated sculptures.
    Famous Architecture: St.Catherdral Church, France/Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, France.
  • Period: Jan 1, 1100 to Jan 1, 1450

    Gothic Architecture

  • Jan 1, 1400

    Renaissance

    Renaissance
    Year: 1400-1600
    Architects were inspired by the building of Classical Greece and Romeo
    Features: Symmetrical and proportioned buildings
    Building had symmetrical arrangement of windows and doors
    Extensive use of pillars
    Triangular pediments, arches, domes.
    Famous Architecture: The Louvre in Paris, France/ San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy
  • Period: Jan 1, 1400 to

    Renaissance Architecture

  • Baroque

    Baroque
    Year: 1600 to 1830 AD
    Features: Lavished buildings with complex shape, ornaments, painting.
    The building has curved forms, twisted columns, grand stairways, high domes.
  • Period: to

    Baroque Architecture

  • Neo - Gothic

    Neo - Gothic
    Year : 1905-1930
    Inspired by Gothic Cathedral and other medieval architecture.
    Features: String vertical lines, great height
    Gargoyles and other carvings
    Pinnacles
    The tribune Tower in Chicago.
  • Period: to

    Neo Gothic Architecture

  • Art - Deco

    Art - Deco
    Year: 1925 to 1937 AD
    Inspired by far east cultures lie India, Mayan and Aztec cultures.

    Features:
    Cubic forms, Zig Zag patterns
    Complex grouping of rectangules
    Bands of color
    Illusion of pillars
    Famous Architecture: Chrysler Building in NYC, 1930
  • Period: to

    Art - Deco

  • Period: to

    Postmodernism Architecture.

  • PostMordernism

    PostMordernism
    Year: 1972-Present
    Combines ideas from traditional forms
    Some building may incorporate symbols

  • Ancient Roman

    Ancient Roman
    Year: 800 to 1200 AD
    Features: Rounded arches for support, and decoration
    Massive doors inset with arches through massive walls.
    Small Windows
    Churches with floor plan design around the Latin cross.
    Features gothic art
    Famous Architecture : Tower of Pisa, French Basilica of St.Sernin

  • Medieval

    Medieval
    800- 1300
    Similar to Gothic Architecture

  • Hindu Architecture

    Hindu Architecture
    Year: 950 – 1700
    Statues near entrances
    large niches in the three exterior walls
    Temples were really detailed.
    Famous Architecture: Kaahajuro, Taj Mahal, Meenakshi Temple.
  • Period: to Jan 1, 1200

    Rome

    • 800 to 1200 AD
    • Rounded arches for support, and decoration
    • Massive doors inset with arches through massive walls.
    • Small Windows
    • Churches with floor plan design around the Latin cross.
    • Features gothic art
    • Tower of Pisa, French Basilica of St.Sernin
  • Period: to Jan 1, 1450

    Mideval Architecture

  • Period: to

    Hindu Architecture