Characterized by the Tudor arch and the application of Renaissance details to buildings otherwise late Perpendicular in style

The Italian Renaissance architecture of the 16th century

A style of architecture originating in Italy in the early 17th century and variously prevalent in Europe and the New World for a century and a half

Characterized by free and sculptural use of the classical orders and ornament, dynamic opposition and interpenetration of spaces, and the dramatic combined effects of architecture, sculpture, painting, and the decorative arts

The style of architecture, decoration, and furnishings of the British colonies in America in the 17th and 18th centuries

Mainly adapted to local materials and demands from prevailing English styles

A style of decorative art that evolved from the Baroque, originating in France about 1720

Distinguished by fanciful, curved spatial forms and elaborate, profuse designs of shellwork and foliage intended for a delicate overall effect

Art and architecture in the style of the ancient Greeks and Romans, as that of the Italian Renaissance and the neoclassical movements in England and the United States in the late 18th and early 19th centuries

The classicism prevailing in the architecture of Europe, America, and various European colonies during the late 18th and early 19th centuries

Characterized by the introduction and widespread use of Greek and Roman orders and decorative motifs, the subordination of detail to simple, strongly geometric compositions, and the frequent shallowness of relief in ornamental treatment of facades

The Classic Revival style of the decorative arts and architecture current in the US from c. 1780 to c. 1830

A protective fortress in or adjoining a German city; by extension, a term for several German palaces or parts of palaces, as in Dresden

A style of ornament prevalent chiefly in 18th-century Europe, characterized by intricate patterns and extensive use of motifs identified as Chinese

The Indo-Islamic architecture of the Mughal dynasty, 1526 to 1857

Typified by monumental palaces and mosques with highly detailed decorative work

A transitional style in European architecture in the late 16th century, particularly in Italy

The prevailing style of architecture, furniture, and crafts current in England and the North American colonies, esp. from 1714 to 1811

Characterized by the unconventional use of classical elements

Derived from classical, Renaissance, and Baroque forms

Characterized by close imitation of ancient Greek forms as well as by less frequent and looser adaptations of ancient Roman, Gothic, Chinese, and ancient Egyptian forms

Characterized by an increasing use of Greco-Roman forms along with an introduction, toward the end, of Egyptian motifs

Characterized by the use of delicate but elaborate ornamentation imitated from Greek and Roman examples and by the occasional use of military and Egyptian motifs

Speaking architecture: a term used in 18th-century France to describe buildings whose plans or elevations create an image that suggests their functions

The Italian version of Art Nouveau, named after the firm of Liberty and Co. in London

The Austrian version of Art Nouveau, so named because its adherents seceded from the official Academy of Art in Vienna

The Spanish, particularly Catalan, version of Art Nouveau

Art Nouveau as practiced in German-speaking countries, from the German term for youth style

A movement aimed at reviving the spirit and forms of Gothic architecture, originating in the late 18th century but flourishing mainly in the 19th century in France, Germany, England, and to a lesser extend in the US.

A florid architectural style used for home built in the middle of the 19th century in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys, suggesting the gingerbread-decorated construction of riverboats of the Victorian period

A secular version of Gothic architecture, as in the older colleges of Cambridge and Oxford

A style of Victorian Gothic architecture in the 19th century adapted by artisan-builders to the resources of contemporary woodworking tools and machinery

Heavily, gaudily, and superfluously ornamented, esp. in architecture

A building, such as a prison, hospital, or library, arranged so that all parts of the interior are visible from a single point

A design movement of the mid-19th century that emphasized the decorative use of materials and textures and the development of ornament as an integral part of a structure rather than as applied adornment

A movement that originated in England c. 1860 as a reaction against poor-quality mass-produced goods, conceiving of craft and decoration as a single entity in the handcrafting of both utilitarian and decorative objects

A style of fine and applied art current in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, characterized by fluid, undulating motifs, often derived from natural forms

The revival of the Romanesque style in the US by Henry Hobson Richardson (1838 to 1886) and his followers

Characterized by heavy arches, rusticated masonry walls, and dramatic asymmetrical effects

A style of architecture in the mid-19th century, esp. in Germany

Characterized by the use of the round-arch motif and combining in various degrees elements from the Early Christian, Byzantine, Romanesque, and Early Renaissance styles, from the German term for round-arched style

The revival and eclectic architecture, decor, and furnishings popular in English-speaking countries during the reign of Queen Victoria in England, 1837 to 1901

Characterized by rapid changes of style as a consequence of aesthetic controversy and technological innovations, by the frequent presence of ostentatious ornament

Overall trend from classicism at the start to romanticism and eclecticism at the middle of the period and thence to classicism again

A style of architecture favored by the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in late 19th-century France and adopted in the US and elsewhere c. 1900

Characterized by symmetrical plans and the eclectic use of architectural features combined so as to give a massive, elaborate, and often ostentatious effect