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ARCHITECTURE. Medieval. Solid thick-walled Castles Tall, delicate cathedrals with spires pointing toward heaven. 1300s. Renaissance 15 th - early 17 th c. Revival of Roman architecture Used Roman details Added own principles Began with Brunelleschi in Florence Palaces
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Medieval • Solid thick-walled • Castles • Tall, delicate cathedrals with spires pointing toward heaven 1300s
Renaissance 15th - early 17th c. • Revival of Roman architecture • Used Roman details • Added own principles • Began with Brunelleschi in Florence • Palaces • Numerous simple windows • Symmetrical arrangement of windows and doors • Extensive use of Classical columns and pilasters • Triangular pediments • Square lintels • Arches • Domes • Niches with sculptures
Baroque – late 16th c. Italy • Express the triumph of the Catholic Church • Part of Counter-Reformation • Accesses emotion • Shows power and wealth of the Church • Spread during 17th c.
Rococo (aka style of Louis XV) – 18th Century • Emerged out of late baroque • Excessive and exuberant decorations • Often interiors • German and Austrian Churches • Curves, scrolls, shells, plants, intricate designs Winter Palace (Hermitage)
Neoclassical mid-17th c, renewed 18th c. by founding of Pompeii • Order, clarity • Greek and Roman architecture • Imitation not experimentation • Versailles • Rigid in 18th c. culminating in Empire style of Napoleon
Neo-Gothic Began 1840s • England and America • Early stages fanciful • Revive medieval forms in contrast to neoclassical • Late 1800s research revealed weaknesses of earlier stages => attempt to integrate true Gothic style Parliament Hill, Ottowa
Greek Revival 1820s-1860 • Purification of classicism • Popular after 1825 • Newfound access to Greece • Expression of nationalism and civic virtue
