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ART DECO
Art Deco, also called style moderne,
movement in the decorative arts and
architecture that originated in the
1920s and developed into a major style
in western Europe and the United
States during the 1930s.
New York City: Chrysler
Building
CLASSIC
Classical architecture was constructed

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in Ancient Greece between the 7th and
4th century BC. It is best known for its
large religious temples built in stone,
designed from principles of order,
symmetry, geometry, and perspective.
A notable characteristic of its
expressiveness are the principles of the
“architectural orders”: Doric, Ionic, and The Parthenon
Corinthian.

ROMANESQUE
Developed in Europe between the 6th
and 9th centuries, this architectural

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style has a great relation to its
historical context. In a period when
European countries were at war and
worried about protecting against
invasions, the buildings, inspired by the
Republic of Ancient Rome, were
characterized by heavy and resistant
walls and minimal openings in Santiago de Compostela
semicircular arches. Cathedral
 GOTHIC
What we now know as Gothic

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architecture was originally named Opus
Francigenum, or “French work,” as it
originated in the Late Middle Ages in
France, between the years 900 and
1300. The main Gothic works are
related to ecclesiastical buildings --
churches and cathedrals with ogival
arches and rib vaults.
Reims Cathedral
BAROQUE
Beginning in the 16th century under a

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Monarchist regime in Europe, Baroque
architecture can also be seen in
religious buildings. Making use of
ornaments and elements that sought to
establish a dramatic sense -- especially
by contrasting light and dark -- Baroque
architecture viewed structural
elements as platforms for decoration.
Church of Gesu
NEOCLASSICAL
From the 18th century onwards,
Neoclassical architecture sought to

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revive Classical Greek and Roman
buildings. Its expression is strongly
related to its social and economic
context, the Industrial Revolution in
Europe, and a period in which upper-
middle-class students began the Grand
Tour tradition -- traveling around the
world and coming into contact with Altes Museum
ancient works.

BEAUX-ARTS
This academic style originated in the

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Fine Arts School in Paris in the mid-
1830s. It established a language that
referred to other periods, such as
French Neoclassicism, Gothic
architecture, and the Renaissance,
however, it also employed
contemporary materials such as glass
and iron. Grand Central Terminal
 ART NOUVEAU
Art Nouveau originally served as a
guide to several disciplines from

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architecture to painting, and furniture
design to typography. As a reaction to
the eclectic styles that dominated
Europe, Art Nouveau manifested itself
in architecture in decorative elements:
the buildings, full of curved and sinuous
lines, received ornaments inspired by
organic shapes such as plants, flowers, P
and animals, both in terms of design ort Dauphine
and the use of color.

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BAUHAUS
Bauhaus was born at the first design
school in the world at the beginning of
the 20th century. It was embedded in a
discourse that spanned from furniture
design to plastic arts and the avant-
garde posture in Germany.

Bauha
us Dessau
MODERN
Modernism was born in the first half of
the 20th century. It can be said it began

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in Germany with Bauhaus, or France
with Le Corbusier, or the U.S. with
Frank Lloyd Wright. However, Le
Corbusier’s contribution to the

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understanding of Modern architecture
is most notable, particularly for his
ability to synthesize the precepts he
adopted in his works, design, and Weissenhof-Siedlung House
discourse.
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POSTMODERN
Postmodern architecture examines
some of Modernism’s central principles
from a new historical and compositional

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perspective, both in discourse and built
works.

Port
land Building

1 DECONSTRUCTIVISM
Deconstructivism originated in the
1980s and questions the precepts and

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process of design and incorporates
nonlinear dynamics to the field’s
reasoning.
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References
Art Deco | Definition, Characteristics, History, & Facts | Britannica.com. (n.
d.). Retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/art/Art-Deco

Brant, J. (2018, August 13). The Characteristics of 12 Architectural Styles

From Antiquity to the Present Day. Retrieved from
https://www.archdaily.com/900027/the-characteristics-of-12-architectural-
styles-from-antiquity-to-the-present-day