Outline of Architecture - History of Architecture

History of Architecture

• Architectural mythology – overall story of an architectural work.
• Neolithic architecture – architecture of the last part of the Stone Age, and of the people of the Americas and the Pacific up until the time of European contact.
• Ancient Egyptian architecture – architecture of ancient Egypt, which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile, among the largest and most famous of which are the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Great Sphinx of Giza.
• Pyramid – structure whose shape is roughly that of a pyramid in the geometric sense; that is, its outer surfaces are triangular and converge to a single point at the top.
• Achaemenid architecture – the architectural achievements of the Achaemenid Persians manifesting in construction of spectacular cities used for governance and inhabitation (Perspepolis, Susa, Ecbatana), temples made for worship and social gatherings (such as Zoroastrian temples), and mausoleums erected in honor of fallen kings (such as the burial tomb of Cyrus the Great).
• Armenian architecture – an architectural style developed over the last 4,500 years of human habitation in the Armenian Highland (the eastern part of Asia Minor) and used principally by the Armenian people.
• Coptic architecture – the architecture of the Copts, who form the majority of Christians in Egypt.
• Dravidian architecture – a style of architecture thousands of years ago in the Southern part of the Indian subcontinent or South India, built by the Dravidian peoples.
• Maya architecture – the structures of the Maya civilization, which was established circa 2000 BC and continued until its conquest by the Spanish (in the 16th and 17th centuries). Some of its notable constructions include ceremonial platforms, palaces, E-Groups, pyramids, temples, observatories, and ballcourts.
• Sumerian architecture –
• Classical architecture – architecture derived in part from the Greek and Roman architecture of classical antiquity, enriched by classicizing architectural practice in Europe since the Renaissance.
• Mesoamerican architecture – the set of architectural traditions produced by pre-Columbian cultures and civilizations of Mesoamerica, traditions which are best known in the form of public, ceremonial and urban monumental buildings and structures.
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• Ancient Roman architecture –
• Inca architecture –
• Sassanid architecture – the Persian architectural style that reached a peak in its development during the Sassanid era.
• Byzantine architecture – the architecture of the Byzantine Empire.
• Islamic architecture – encompasses a wide range of both secular and religious styles from the foundation of Islam to the present day, influencing the design and construction of buildings and structures in Islamic culture.
• Newa architecture – style of architecture used by the Newari people in the Kathmandu valley in Nepal, ranging from stupas and chaitya monastery buildings to courtyard structures and distinctive houses.
• Buddhist architecture – developed by the worshipers of Buddha in South Asia in the 3rd century BCE, and is associated with three types of structures: monasteries (viharas), stupas, and temples (Chaitya grihas).
• Medieval architecture – a term used to represent various forms of architecture common in Medieval Europe.
• Iranian architecture – or Persian architecture is the architecture of Iran|Iran (Persia).
• Romanesque architecture – an architectural style of Medieval Europe characterized by semi-circular arches.
• Gothic architecture – a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period.
• Hoysala architecture – building style developed under the rule of the Hoysala Empire between the 11th and 14th centuries, in the region known today as Karnataka, a state of India.
• Vijayanagara Architecture –
• Renaissance architecture – the architecture of the period between the early 15th and early 17th centuries in different regions of Europe, demonstrating a conscious revival and development of certain elements of ancient Greek and Roman thought and material culture.
• Ottoman architecture – or Turkish architecture is the architecture of the Ottoman Empire which emerged in Bursa and Edirne in 14th and 15th centuries.
• Baroque architecture – the building style of the Baroque era, begun in late sixteenth century Italy, that took the Roman vocabulary of Renaissance architecture and used it in a new rhetorical and theatrical fashion, often to express the triumph of the Catholic Church and the absolutist state.
• Neoclassical architecture – an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing features of Late Baroque.
• Victorian architecture – includes several architectural styles employed predominantly during the middle and late 19th century.
• Renaissance Revival architecture –
• Gothic Revival architecture – also called "Victorian Gothic" and "Neo-Gothic", was an architectural movement that began in the late 1840s in England. Its popularity grew rapidly in the early 19th century, when increasingly serious and learned admirers of neo-Gothic styles sought to revive medieval forms, in contrast to the neoclassical styles prevalent at the time.
• Modern architecture – generally characterized by simplification of form and creation of ornament from the structure and theme of the building.
• Postmodern architecture – began as an international style the first examples of which are generally cited as being from the 1950s, but did not become a movement until the late 1970s and continues to influence present-day architecture.