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	Architectural history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the 19th century, architecture of the past was understood from a formal perspective, emphasizing the morphological characteristics of form, technique and materials.
		In these respects, architectural history is a subdiscipline of art history that focuses on the historical evolution of principles and styles in the design of buildings and cities.
		The establishment of architectural history as a discipline in the West is reflected in the greater historical clarity of western architectural development, whilst the understanding of non-western architecture often proceeds with less historical context.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Periods_of_Architecture (1711 words)

	Architecture - Humans Factors In Architecture
		It is that architecture is man's most self-revealing record of his struggle upward from barbarism to the complex civilization of today.
		Architecture, though the aesthetically sensitive may rail at it, is thus a prolific source of historical data, a most comprehensive and interesting text-book of which I shall make frequent use, and shall do my best to interpret simply and, I hope, interestingly.
		Accepting, then, the dictum that architecture is a record of man's development, we seek first the basic forces, or motives, in the human advance, so that we may find the primary sources of architectural inspiration.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles10/architecture-1.shtml (1674 words)

	Periods of Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Greek Art and Architecture Galleries of expandable thumbnail photographs from the University of Colorado of sculpture, reliefs and architecture from Mycenae and the Archaeic to Hellenistic periods.
		Gothic Art and Architecture Serge Helfrich introduces the art form, dominated by the struggle of architecture against gravity, that flourished in Europe from the 12th until the 16th century.
		Picturesque Architecture in the United States Student Elizabeth Werbe considers the influence of Romanticism on 19th-century American architecture, in an essay for a course at Bryn Mawr.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Periods_of_Architecture.html (626 words)

	Greek Architecture - Architectural Character
		B.C. Minoan and Mycenaean architecture, also known as Pelasgic or Primitive, are rough and massive in character, although it is evident from recent excavations in Crete that the builders of this time had considerable knowledge and skill in domestic architecture.
		The character of the architecture is now chiefly known from the walls, which are of three kinds of masonry (p.
		The finest sculpture completed the most important buildings, and the delicate adjustment and refined treatment, alike of architecture and sculpture, were made possible by the hard, fine grain of the marble.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles22/architecture-12.shtml (1255 words)

	Encyclopedia: Architecture of Cambodia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The architecture of the Angkor period used certain specific structural features and styles which (along with inscriptions) are one of the main methods used to date the temples.
		During the later Angkor Wat period, additional half galleries on one side were introduced to buttress the structure of the temple.
		Categories: Architecture of Cambodia 1999 is a common year starting on Friday Anno Domini (or the Current Era), and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Architecture-of-Cambodia (3069 words)

	Interior Decorating - The Renaissance
		The answer must be that if period decoration is to continue in use, then it must show itself adapted to the changing conditions of modern life and circumstance; and that it is so adaptable is the very purpose of these chapters to demonstrate.
		If architecture is to be more than correct archeology it is well to ask ourselves if it is not in this very direction of the blending of elements that are largely congruous, be-cause informed with the same spirit, that architectural life and development lies.
		In deciding upon any period decoration it is not only interesting but necessary to learn how far our choice is free and unhampered and how much it is determined for us by existing exterior architectural conditions.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles25/practical-interior-decoration-23.shtml (3279 words)

	Directory - Arts: Architecture: History: Periods and Styles: Islamic
		Religious Architecture and Islamic Cultures · cached · Overview of a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Prof.
		Andalusian Architecture · cached · Nofal Ahmad Al-Abdulali, a Kuwaiti student at the University of Kansas, provides an illustrated history of the Islamic conquest of Spain and the monumental buildings that sprang from it.
		Shalimar · cached · Supplies an illustrated history of Islamic architecture from the 7th to the 17th century, with bibliography, glossary and timeline.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=265429 (347 words)

	Greece Architecture: Information about the architecture of Greece
		Many of the architectural masterpieces of the world were influenced by the Greece architecture.
		One of the mostinteresting examples of the Corinthian architecture is the Roman temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
		The most famous achievement of this period of architecture of Greece is definitely the impressive Palace and Residential complex of Knossos.
	www.greeka.com /greece-architecture.htm (1155 words)

	Greek Architecture
		No other civilization’s architecture has been as widely praised and copied as that of Greece, as it has been accepted as the standard by which all periods of architecture may be tested.
		By far, the most impressive examples of Greek architecture are of the high Classical period (c.450-400 b.c.) and were constructed under Pericles for the Athenian Acropolis.
		It is a representation of the virtues that Classical architecture has had on architecture throughout the ages, those of harmony, freedom, and order.
	www.geocities.com /CollegePark/1070/greekarchitecture.html (1727 words)

	Historical Periods in Architecture
		Clay was used in Egyptian architecture partly because of a lack of trees for wood.
		This structure is a direct representation of the plateresque style of architecture, with its intricate columns and overall ornamentation.
		The present of eight keys themes drawn from the work of organic architects, with emphasis on the inspiration, the roots and concepts behind the style, and the geometric and the environmental challenges architects have to overcome.
	www.pwc.k12.nf.ca /academics/designtech2109/Asn1Solutions.htm (2091 words)

	Minoan Domestic and Funerary Architecture
		In the Neopalatial period, a spacious and lavishly decorated L-shaped complex stood here at the west end of the same ridge on whose east end the palace of Phaistos is located.
		The walls in the crypt are constructed of coursed gypsum blocks, while the ceiling was supported by large tree trunks which rested in notches cut in the tops of the walls and on the top surfaces of a large beam which ran north-south across the room resting on the central pillar of the "crypt".
		The antechamber was remodeled in the period following the LM IA collapse through subdivisions of its western and northern portions by means of thin partition walls into a number of small compartments which were found occupied by numerous burials when the tomb was excavated.
	projectsx.dartmouth.edu /history/bronze_age/lessons/les/13.html (3670 words)

	Open Directory - Arts:Architecture:History:Periods and Styles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		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.
		This ornate architectural style was popular in Spain and its American colonies during the 16th century.
		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.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Architecture/History/Periods_and_Styles/desc.html (689 words)

	Belarusian Architecture
		The history of Belarusian architecture is the history of the development of Belarusians as a nation in the middle of Europe - a nation experiencing numerous invasions and wars, absorbing and developing European ideas and philosophies, building socialism, capitalism, and still struggling to its better future.
		The further development of Belarusian architecture was happening in times when Belarusian, Lithuanian and partly other lands have formed a powerful commonwealth state - the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
		As for the monuments of cult architecture it was mainly within Belarusian Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque styles.
	www.belarusguide.com /culture1/visual_arts/Architecture.html (3995 words)

	Humanities
		Architecture and design, fashion, literature, music, philosophy, religion, theatre and the visual arts are all covered.
		Historical periods covered include Renaissance, Baroque, Medieval and Ancient Greece and Rome, and an overview of major events of the time is included.
		The gap is called the "moving wall" and represents the time period between the last issue available in JSTOR and the most recently published issue of a journal.
	www.jisc.ac.uk /index.cfm?name=coll_subject_hum (4185 words)

	Penshurst Places and Gardens - Educational Visits
		Later additions to the house reveal at least eight different periods of architecture, while the Staterooms are filled with treasures from the 15th - 18th centuries.
		The eight different periods of architecture at Penshurst Place offer an interesting resource to students studying building and architecture.
		A skilled cast of musicians, actors and actresses recreate colourful characters of the period and involve students in the life of this important household as it prepares for the invasion of the Spanish Armada.
	www.penshurstplace.com /educational.html (597 words)

	Architecture
		In fact, the range of our architecture is broad, of many styles and periods, eclectic, and as several owners lived in the same house, maintained and "updated" it, many changes over the years on a given house have enhanced the appearance of the house and maintained the integrity of the original style or did not.
		Originally, as was typical in the period, the early part of this saltbox house faced South on its 40 acres of land, toward the place on which Town Hall has been built.
		In 1840 at the beginning of the Victorian period the population was 1501 but by the close in 1900 it had dropped to 1079.
	www.hollis.nh.us /windowsonhollispast/architecture/houses.html (8747 words)

	Raimund Abraham - Interview and Architecture -- Logos: Summer 2004
		Considering the classic periods of architecture, architecture was more or less confined to the sacred and political power.
		Architecture represented a spiritual device and now it is considered that it should merely ornament our lives.
		Architecture has that ability, otherwise it would just be too oppressive, too influential, and perhaps it would dictate the way you behave in space.
	www.logosjournal.com /abraham.htm (1571 words)

	ArchitectureWeek New Books Listing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Shepheard weaves together three stories into one: the assertion that machines are the sculptures of today; ways that architecture reflects the desires of those who make it; and how individuals experience their lives in the context of architecture.
		Winfried Nerdinger is director of the museum of architecture of the Technical University of Munich and heads the architecture department at the Gallery of Modern Art.
		Architectural modernism was revolutionary when it first appeared in the 1920s, and its innovation showed the world just what twentieth-century design could bring.
	www.architectureweek.com /new_books.html (11674 words)

	Islamic Architecture - mosques & palaces. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Architecture of the Islamic World: 758 Illustrations (b/w)
		What sets the interior of the Lutfallah Mosque apart from its Seljuk prototype and from all other interiors in Safavids architecture is the exquisite tile...
		In contrast to the mighty mosque architecture supporting such enormous domes, comparable to the buildings of the European Renaissance, no such colossal image on...
	www.islamicarchitecture.org (451 words)

	Earthlore Gothic Architecture Glossary: Art Periods and Styles Related to Gothic Cathedrals
		The artistic advances of this period were initiated by Martel's grandson Charlemagne, who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800.
		The closing period of French Gothic during the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries.
		Much of the spiritual expression silenced at the end of the Gothic building period found new voice within Renaissance art forms, although their expression was fundamentally distinct from the Gothic style, which was perceived as crude and barbaric.
	www.elore.com /Gothic/Glossary/periods.htm (854 words)

	CASA \| Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A recurrent focus is on areas in which the understanding and appreciation of architecture and its setting can be advanced through the medium of computer generated virtual models.
		Members of CASA have published widely in the field of architectural history, whether in the form of articles and monographs on celebrated architects and periods of architecture or translations with commentaries of architectural treatises (by Leon Battista Alberti, Andrea Palladio and Sebastiano Serlio).
		CASA was founded in 1992 and early projects included the construction of a computer model of Bath, funded by J. Sainsbury plc, and computer models of the buildings of Leon Battista Alberti for an international exhibition held in Mantua in 1994.
	www.bath.ac.uk /casa/about (250 words)

	Carolingian architecture and art
		Carolingian architecture and art: Carolingian Architecture - Carolingian Architecture The new architecture, inspired by the forms of antiquity, abandoned the...
		Carolingian architecture and art: Carolingian Art - Carolingian Art The best-preserved artistic achievements of the age are works of small...
		German art and architecture: The Carolingian and Ottonian Periods - The Carolingian and Ottonian Periods Carolingian architecture and art are commonly considered to...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0810537.html (166 words)

	Romanesque architecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The term "Romanesque" attempts to link the architecture, especially, of the 11th and 12th centuries in medieval Europe to Roman Architecture based on similarities of forms and materials.
		The great carved portals of 12th century church facades parallel the architectural novelty of the period - monumental stone sculpture seems reborn in the Romanesque.
		Romanesque seems to have been the first pan-European style since Roman Imperial Architecture and examples are found in every part of the continent.
	www.city-search.org /ro/romanesque-architecture.html (488 words)

	Architecture \| eThemes \| eMINTS
		Learn about architecture around the world including how the St. Louis Gateway Arch was built, Hoover Dam, famous architects, and stories about the people who built them.
		Browse through the different architectural periods and learn about styles and famous architects.
		Here is information about periods of architecture in European countries.
	www.emints.org /ethemes/resources/S00001343.shtml (817 words)

	Directory : Arts : Architecture : History : Periods and Styles : Classical : Neo-Classical (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Article by Jane Boyd-Brent for About Scotland on the burst of Neo-Classical architecture in Edinburgh in the 18th century and its architects, including Robert Adam.
		An illustrated description from the University of Leicester, with bibliography, of the dissemination of Classicism to the English provinces.
		An illustrated history and description of the revival of classical styles in architecture from the 18th century onwards.
	www.senszycia.pl /katalog/index.php?c=Arts/Architecture/History/Periods_and_Styles/Classical/Neo-Classical (273 words)

	Havana Architecture .com - Introduction
		Its architecture mirrors its rich social and political history from the graceful colonial and baroque period to modern brutal tower blocks.
		The aim is to promote an apolitical, non-profit making forum bringing together people from around the world to highlight the future of Havana's built environment and to organise discussion and contact between architects and people interested in Havana.
		It was achieved by winning a Camden Society of Architects Scholarship in 1999 where he went for three months researching and interviewing professionals and locals alike.
	www.havanaarchitecture.com (177 words)

	Romanesque architecture -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The great carved portals of 12th century church facades parallel the architectural novelty of the period—monumental stone sculpture seems reborn in the Romanesque.
		In (A division of the United Kingdom) England, Romanesque architecture is often termed ' (A Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy around 950 AD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the 12th century) Norman architecture'.
		(A style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches) Gothic architecture
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/romanesque_architecture.htm (1428 words)

	WEB-ARTS.- Architecture sites on the www.
		Renaissance and Baroque Architecture - Renaissance and Baroque Architecture:
		Architectural History 102 - The images included in this collection were scanned from slides taken by
		Professor C. Westfall and used in his survey course, Renaissance and Baroque Architecture (ARH 102), University of Virginia, School of Architecture, Department of Architectural History.
	www.web-arts.com.au /ARCH.html (234 words)

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