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Ancient Egypt
3,050 BC to 900 BC In ancient Egypt, powerful rulers constructed monumental pyramids,
temples, and shrines.
Classical
850 BC to 476 AD From the rise of ancient Greece until the fall of the Roman empire, great
buildings were constructed according to precise rules.
Romanesque
500 to 1200 AD As Rome spread across Europe, heavier, stocky Romanesque architecture with
rounded arches emerged.
Gothic Architecture
1100 to 1450 AD Innovative builders created the great cathedrals of Europe.
Renaissance Architecture
1400 to 1600 AD A return to classical ideas ushered an "age of "awakening" in Italy, France,
and England.
Baroque Architecture
1600 to 1830 AD In Italy, the Baroque style is reflected in opulent and dramatic churches with
irregular shapes and extravagant ornamentation. In France, the highly ornamented Baroque
style combines with Classical restraint. Russian aristorcrats were impressed by Versailles in
France, and incorporated Baroque ideas in the building of St. Petersburg. Elements of the
elaborate Baroque style are found throughout Europe.
Rococo Architecture
1650 to 1790 AD During the last phase of the Baroque period, builders constructed graceful
white buildings with sweeping curves.
Georgian Architecture
1720 to 1800 AD Georgian was a stately, symmetrical style that dominated in Great Britain
and Ireland and influenced building styles in the American colonies.
Neoclassical / Federalist / Idealist
1730 to 1925 AD A renewed interest in ideas of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio
inspired a return of classical shapes in Europe, Great Britain and the United States.
Victorian Architecture
1840 to 1900 AD Industrialization brought many innovations in architecture. Victorian styles
include Gothic Revival, Italianate, Stick, Eastlake, Queen Anne, Romanesque and Second
Empire.
Neo-Gothic Architecture
1905 to 1930 AD In the early twentieth century, medieval Gothic ideas were applied to modern
skyscrapers.
Twentieth century trends include Art Moderne and the Bauhaus school coined by Walter
Gropius, Deconstructivism, Formalism, Modernism, Structuralism, and Postmodernism.