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Greek Revival Architecture
1790-1850 Mant classical buildings and homes often feature columns, pediments and other details inspired by Greek forms. Antebellum homes in the American south were often built in the Greek Revival style. -
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Victorian Architecture
1840-1900 Industrialization brought many innovations in architecture. Victorian styles include Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick, Eastlake, Queen Anne, Romanesque and Second Empire. -
Arts and Crafts Movement in Architecture
1890-1914 Arts and Crafts was a late 19th-century backlash against the forces of industrialization. The Arts and Crafts movement revived an interest in handicrafts and sought a spiritual connection with the surrounding environment, both natural and manmade. The Craftsman Bungalow evolved from the Arts and Crafts movement. -
Art Nouveau Architecture
1890-1925 This is known as the New Style, Art Nouveau was first expressed in fabrics and graphic design. The style spread to architecture and furniture in the 1890s. Art Nouveau buildings often have asymmetrical shapes, arches and decorative surfaces with curved, plant-like designs. -
Beaux Arts
1895-1825 Also known as Beaux Arts Classicism, Academic Classicism, or Classical Revival, Beaux Arts architecture is characterized by order, symmetry, formal design, grandiosity, and elaborate ornamentation. -
Neo-Gothic Architecture
1905-1930 In the early twentieth century, medieval Gothic ideas were applied to modern skyscrapers. -
Art Deco Architecture
1925-1937 patterns and vertical lines create dramatic effect on jazz-age, Art Deco buildings. -
20th Century Trends in Architecturer
1900-Present The century has seen dramatic changes and astonishing diversity. Twentieth century trends include Art Moderne and the Bauhaus school coined by Walter Gropius, Deconstructivism, Formalism, Modernism, Structuralism, and Postmodernism.
