Architectural history - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture - Architectural History
Architecture first evolved out of the dynamics between needs (shelter, security, worship, etc.) and means (available building materials a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Basilica Of St. John Lateran: Encyclopedia Ii - Basilica Of St. John Lateran - Architectural History
An apse lined with mosaics and open to the air still preserves the memory of one of the most famous halls of the ancient palace, the "Tri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia - Architectural History
Architectural history studies the evolution and history of architecture across the world through a consideration of various influences- a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural History - Western Architecture — Classical To Eclecticism
Architectural history - Classical architecture. Main article: Classical architecture The architecture and urbanism of the Greeks and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture: Encyclopedia - Architecture
Architecture (classical Greek: αρχή, 'start', τέχνη, 'craftsmanship') is the art and science of designing buildings and structur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture
Chinese architecture refers to a style of architecture that has taken shape in Asia over the years. Over the centuries, the structural pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Architecture - Features
There are certain features common to Chinese architecture, regardless of specific region or use. The most important is its emphasis on th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Characteristics
The style emphasizes verticality and features almost skeletal stone structures with great expanses of glass, sharply pointed spires, clus...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sassanid Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Sassanid Architecture - The Origin
In reviving, the glories of the Achaemenian past, the Sassanians were no mere imitators. The art of this period reveals an astonishing vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Architecture - Imperial Architecture
There were certain architectural features that were reserved for the Emperor of China. The most noticeable were the yellow roof tiles; ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture - Architecture And Buildings
The difference between architecture and building is a subject matter that has engaged the attention of many. According to Nikolaus Pevsne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Architecture - Scope And Intentions
According to the very earliest surviving work on the subject, Vitruvius' De architectura, good buildings satisfy three core principles: F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Classical Architecture: Encyclopedia - Classical Architecture
From the point of view of modern times, the ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean sometimes seem to blend smoothly into one melange ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victorian Architecture: Encyclopedia - Victorian Architecture
The term Victorian architecture can refer to one of a number of architectural styles predominantly in the Victorian era. As with the latt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture
For at least ten thousand years, the Nile valley has been the site of one of the most influential civilizations in the world. Even today,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sassanid Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Sassanid Architecture - Foreign Influence
The conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great had inaugurated the spread of Hellenistic art into Western Asia; but if the East accepted t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sassanid Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Sassanid Architecture - Sassanid Influence
Sassanian art revived forms and traditions native to Persia; and in the Islamic period these reached the shores of the Mediterranean. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Sequence Of Gothic Styles: England
The designations of styles in English architecture still follows conventions of labels given them by antiquaries in the 18th century: Ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Sequence Of Gothic Styles: France
The designations of styles in French Gothic architecture are as follows: Early Gothic High Gothic Rayonnant Late Gothic or Flamboyant st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Brick Gothic
Main article: Brick Gothic. In Northern Germany, Scandinavia and northern Poland, in areas where native stone was unavailable, simplified...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Architecture - Religious Architecture
Generally speaking, Buddhist architecture follow the imperial style. A large Buddhist monastery normally has a front hall, housing the st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anglo-saxon Architecture: Encyclopedia - Anglo-saxon Architecture
Anglo-Saxon architecture was a period in the history of architecture in England, and parts of Wales, from the mid-5th century until the N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Gothic Revival
Main article: Gothic revival architecture In England, some discrete Gothic details appeared on new construction at Oxford and Cambridge i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Column: Encyclopedia - Column
A column in architecture and structural engineering is part of a structure whose purpose is to transmit through compression the weight of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chinese Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Chinese Architecture - Commoner Architecture
As for the commoners, be they mandarins, merchants or farmers, their houses tended to follow a set pattern: the centre of the building wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - Gothic In The 20th Century
Neo-Gothic continued to be considered appropriate for churches and college buildings well into the 20th century. Charles Donagh Maginnis'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gothic Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Gothic Architecture - List Of Notable Gothic Structures
France Chartres Cathedral Bourges Cathedral Bourges Cathedral Amiens Cathedral Notre-Dame de Laon Our Lady's Cathedral in Paris (th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Historic Preservation: Encyclopedia Ii - Historic Preservation - Historic Districts
While the preservation movement has initially focused on buildings, many cities have expanded the scope of historic preservation to entir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Architecture - Origin Of The Term Development Into Gothic
The term may have originated with 18th century antiquarians, but its usage in a sequence of styles has been attributed to Thomas Rickman ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Architecture - Characteristics
Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were unbaked mud brick and stone. From the Old ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzong Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Dzong Architecture - Siting Of Dzongs
Bhutanese dzong architecture reached its zenith in the 1600s under the leadership of the great lama Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal. The Shabdr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Column: Encyclopedia Ii - Column - The Classical Orders In Europe
The Roman author Vitruvius, relying on the writings (now lost) of Greek authors, tells us that the ancient Greeks believed that their Dor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Column: Encyclopedia Ii - Column - History
In the architecture of ancient Egypt as early as 2600 BC the architect Imhotep made use of stone columns whose surface was carved to refl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Architecture - Norman Buildings In Sicily
Sicily's Norman period lasted from circa 1070 until about 1200, debatable perhaps until the demise of Frederick II, in 1250, so can appro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Architecture - The Giza Pyramid Complex
Image:Pyramids at giza 01.jpg The Giza Necropolis stands on the Giza Plateau, on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt. This complex of ancient m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Architecture - Luxor
Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (anci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Egyptian Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Egyptian Architecture - Karnak
The temple complex of Karnak is located on the banks of the River Nile some 2.5 km north of Luxor. It consists of four main parts, the Pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Architecture - Norman Architecture In Scotland
Scotland also came under early Norman influence, with Norman nobles at the court of King Macbeth around 1050. His successor Malcolm III o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzong Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Dzong Architecture - Characteristics Of Dzong Architecture
The architecture is massive in style with towering exterior walls surrounding a complex of courtyards, temples, administrative offices, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Norman Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Norman Architecture - Norman Architecture In England
In England, Norman nobles and bishops had influence before the Norman Conquest of 1066, and Norman influences affected late Anglo-Saxon a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzong Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Dzong Architecture - Function
Dzongs serve as the religious, military, administrative, and social centers of their district. They are often the site of an annual tsech...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dzong Architecture: Encyclopedia Ii - Dzong Architecture - Construction
By tradition dzongs are contructed without the use of architectural plans. Instead construction proceeds under the direction of a high la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural History - Modern Architecture And Beyond
The instrumentalisation of Architecture as paraded by "form follows function" after "wiping the slate clean". Arts and Crafts Movement A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural History - Historic Architecture Dated Events
For the key architectural event(s) of any year in history, just search under ### in architecture, where ### is a year, as 23 BC in archit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Architectural History: Encyclopedia Ii - Architectural History - Modern Architecture And Beyond
The instrumentalisation of Architecture as paraded by "form follows function" after "wiping the slate clean". Arts and Crafts Movement A...   » Read the article