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HOUSE STYLES - Greek Revival House Style With details reminiscent of the Parthenon, stately, pillared Greek Revival homes reflect a passion for antiquity. Here are facts and photos for the classic style that still shapes the way we build.
Victorian Architecture Your source for information on Victorian architecture, with facts, photos, resources, and building plans.
Art History 101 - The Renaissance in Northern Europe When we talk about the Northern Renaissance, what we actually mean is "Renaissance happenings that occurred within Europe, but outside of Italy." Because the most innovative art was created in France, the Netherlands and Germany during this time, and
The mansard roof and second empire architecture Characteristic of the Second Empire style, the mansard roof has a long and interesting history. Facts and photos.
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We need to be braver - London's architecture
The brilliant legacy of Soane and Wren has rarely found its match in the contemporary projects of the capital. Just as Britain has no constitution, ......(Continue Reading) Venice's Mediterranean Colonies: Architecture and Urbanism & Venice and the East: The Impact of the Islamic World on Venetian Architecture 1100-1500 &
MARIA GEORGOPOULOU Venice's Mediterranean Colonies: Architecture and Urbanism Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001, 383 pp.; 136 b/w ills, ......(Continue Reading)Architecture and the car: as the automobile evolved in tandem with modern architecture, it created myths, legends and new building types
Gabriel Voison (1880-1973) gave up architectural studies to fly, and then to build aircraft for the French air force. After the First World War, Voison ......(Continue Reading)Venetian morphology: the visual fluidity of Venice was reflected in a show of Turner's watercolors and the city's latest building-design biennial
By a unique act of esthetic photosynthesis, Venice has over the centuries converted wealth into lasting architectural beauty. But in the 25 years that ......(Continue Reading)Art imitates architecture: the Saint Philip reliquary in Renaissance Florence
Public ritual in late medieval and Renaissance Florence was largely dependent on the cults of the city's patron saints, relics, and sacred images. (1) ......(Continue Reading)
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