There are many European architectural styles, such as: Ancient Greek architecture, ancient Roman architecture, Byzantine architecture, Gothic architecture, French architecture, Baroque architecture, Roman architecture, Rockefeller style, Renaissance architecture and so on.
1, Greek architecture
Greek architecture is still quite recognizable, the triangular lintel is the most significant feature. The architectural art of ancient Greece is the source and treasure trove of European architectural art. Ancient Greek architectural style is mainly characterized by harmony, perfection and sublimity.
Ancient Greek temple architecture is a concentrated embodiment of these style features, the ancient Greek "columnar", the norms and styles are characterized by the pursuit of the building's eaves and columns of the strict harmony of the proportions and modeling format to the human scale.
The representative architectural group: the Acropolis.
2, ancient Rome's architecture
Ancient Rome's architectural art is the inheritance and development of ancient Greek architectural art. In the roof molding, the emergence of the ancient Greek architecture is difficult to see the "dome" roof. The "round" style is typical of ancient Roman architecture.
Representatives: the Colosseum in ancient Rome, the Pantheon (also known as the Pantheon).
3, Byzantine architecture
Byzantine architecture, colorful and dazzling, the universal use of the "dome", the volume of both high and large dome, often become the center of the composition of the whole building. It created the dome supported on the independent square columns of the structural method and the corresponding centralized architectural form.
The typical practice is to issue coupons on the four sides of the square plan, and between the four coupons, a dome with a diagonal diameter is built, as if a complete dome was cut by the coupons on all four sides, and its weight is completely borne by the four coupons, thus allowing great freedom of interior space. Representative: Hagia Sophia in Constantinople.
4, Gothic architecture
Gothic architecture is mostly church buildings, the basic features of the appearance is high and straight, its typical composition is a pair of towering spires, sandwiched between the nave of the wall, in the gable end of the wall balustrade, the large doorway set up a row of cloth statues of the niche, the entire fa?ade of the horizontal connection, in the center of the balustrade and between the niches is a symbol of heaven's round rose window.
Representatives: Notre Dame de Paris in France, Milan Cathedral in Italy, and Cologne Cathedral in Germany are all representatives.
5, Baroque architecture
The tone of the Baroque architectural style is opulent and novel and cheerful, with a strong flavor of secular hedonism. It is often based on the oval S-shaped, wave-shaped plane and facade, so that the building image to produce a sense of dynamism; or the building and sculpture of the two mixed, in order to seek a sense of novelty; or with the height of the staggering and form some kind of incongruity between the components, caused by a sense of excitement.
Representatives: St. Carlo's Church designed by Baroque master Borromini, and Trevi Fountain in Rome, Italy.