What architectural style was famous during the 1650-1790?

What architectural style was famous during the Mid-18th Century?

What architectural style was famous during the 1730-1925?

Characteristic Features:

Last Phase of the Baroque period.

Characteristic Features:

Graceful white buildings with sweeping curves.

It is the age of enlightenment, rationalization of nature.

During this period, there is an increased interest and awareness of the Middle ages.

In architecture, Romanticism often evokes past style, such as the ____________________.

Romantic literature themes included what?

Romantic architecture was designed to do what?

Characteristic Feature:

Portrayal of Roman history and formal composition.

Characteristic Feature:

Height of action and dramatic compositions

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Emotional extremes and heightened sensation.

Characteristic Feature:

The use of diagonals to show the peak of an emotion or moment (versus a regular moment).

Characteristic Feature:

Local color and overall lighting.

Characteristic Feature:

Nature as out of control

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Its architecture was a style principally derived from the architectural designs of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio.

Characteristic Features:

Decorated with scrolls, vines, shell-shapes, and delicate geometric patterns.

French word that refers to rocks, shells, and the shell-shaped ornaments used on fountains.

It is an oval Rococo church, and was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1983.

(1754) It is a masterpiece of Rococo interior design.

Who built the Wieskirche?

(1748-1764) One of Russia's great religious buildings at the center of a convent complex

Who built the Smolny Cathedral?

It is a Gothic Revival style and one of the centers of political life in the United Kingdom. It is part of a UNESCO World heritage site since 1987.

Who was the architect for Westminster Palace?

When was the Westminster Palace rebuilt?

It is the Great bell of the striking clock at the north end of the palace of Westminster in London, England.

What is the current official name of the clock tower in Westminster Palace that was changed in 2012?

Ages of Western Visual Art: Aegean

Ages of Western Visual Art: Greek

Ages of Western Visual Art: Roman

Ages of Western Visual Art: Medieval

Ages of Western Visual Art: Renaissance

Ages of Western Visual Art: Baroque

Ages of Western Visual Art: Neoclassical/Romantic

Ages of Western Visual Art: Modern

(1772) It combines Neoclassical and Palladian style of Architecture and is the primary plantation of Founding Father Thomas Jefferson.

Built in 1777-1790, It was designed to rival those of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

Who is Not considered as part of the age of Revival?

Characteristic Feature:

Popular during the first two decades of the 20th century.

Characteristic Feature:

Early Skyscrapers

Started in Britain, last quarter of the 18th century.

What is considered as Greek and Roman Revival?

What is considered as Greek and Renaissance Revival?

(1880-1910) Named and popularized in England by the Architect Richard Norman Shaw.

Combination of old style and domestic Architecture.

Bold and unconventional color schemes.

It is build of wood - unfettered artistic expression in the patterns and details.