Western architectural styles are as follows:
1, Renaissance
Renaissance architecture is the history of European architecture following the emergence of Gothic architecture, an architectural style. The fifteenth century in Italy, after the spread to other parts of Europe, the formation of the Renaissance architecture with their own characteristics of the countries. Italian Renaissance architecture in the Renaissance architecture occupies the most important position.
2, Rococo
Rococo style appeared in the 18th century in France in the late classicism, popular in France, Germany, Austria and other countries. Rococo is mainly an interior decoration style. It is in opposition to the French classical art of logic, easy to understand, rational premise of the emergence of soft, delicate and delicate architectural style. Its main feature is that everything around the soft and smooth to the composition, especially like the use of curves and circles, as far as possible to avoid square corners. In the decorative theme, often like to use a variety of grass and leaves and mussel shells, roses and palms. Instead of the marble often used in the past, the texture of the soft wood.
3, Romanticism
Romantic architecture is the second half of the 18th century to the second half of the 19th century, Europe and the United States in a number of countries in literature and art under the influence of Romanticism, a popular architectural style.
Romanticism emphasizes individuality in art, advocates naturalism, and advocates the use of medieval art style to compete with the classical art of the academy. This trend of thinking in architecture is expressed in the pursuit of superlative fun and exoticism.
4, classical
Classical revival architecture is popular in Europe and the United States from the 1860s to the nineteenth century in a number of countries, the use of rigorous ancient Greek and Roman form of architecture, also known as neoclassical architecture.
The use of classical revival architectural style is mainly Congress, courts, banks, exchanges, museums, theaters and other public **** building and some monumental buildings. This architectural style had little effect on the average home, church, school, etc.
5, Baroque
Baroque, is produced in the Renaissance after the climax of a cultural and artistic style. Its foreign language for Bar-oque, meaning deformed pearl, its art is characterized by grotesque, twisted, irregular. Baroque architectural style is the tone of opulence and novelty and cheerfulness, with a strong flavor of secular hedonism.
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