Length7h 59m
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Ever wondered why your ceiling is shaped like the arches in a gothic cathedral? Or why your offi ce building looks so different from its neighboring counterparts? The ABC of Style invites you to explore the many different architectural and decorative interior styles from their ancient origins to the 1940s. Take a journey through history to see how the French aristocracy styled their palaces and castles to the simple designs of the Dominican monastic churches during the middle ages.
Often, political changes implicate a stylistic transformation. Thus, the different European styles were frequently named after a sovereign or a historical period (Renaissance style, Medieval style). Until the end of the nineteenth century, the stylistic mutations of the time were generally based on the tastes of the royalty. Stylistic expression was, therefore, an affirmation of power.
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Length7 hrs 59 mins
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Publish dateMay 8, 2012
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The ABC of Style The ABC of Style
2Introduction
3Pantheon, Rome, 118-128 CE.
4Trajan’s Column, Rome, 113 CE. (opposite)
5Abbey of St Peter, Moissac, 11th-15th centuries.
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6Stonehenge, Wiltshire, c. 2900-1400 BCE.
7Georges Jacob, Armchair, c. 1780.
8Antiquity
9The initial inspiration for styles
10acanthus root there and when the stems and leaves
11Egypt.
12Paris one of the pleasantest cities of the modern world.
13Ishtar Gate, Babylon, c. 600 BCE. Pergamonmuseum, Berlin.
14Persepolis Palatial Complex, 6th-5th centuries BCE. Iran.
15Styles: Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Roman, etc.
16Athens, 448-432 BCE.
17The Maison Carrée, Nîmes, c. 10 CE.
18at right angles.
19Arena of Nîmes, after 50 CE.
20The styles of the Middle Ages
21Anthemius of Tralles and Isidore of Miletus, Hagia Sophia, 532-537.
22this
23between 1063 and 1094.
24The Latin and Romanesque styles
25Great Mosque of Damascus, 706-715 CE. Syria. (opposite)
26India.
27Ho-odo, Phoenix Room, c. 1053.
28Great Mosque, 8th century. Xian, China.
29St Trophime Church’s Main Gate, Arles, 12th-15th centuries.
30Avignon, 14th century.
31Church of St Philibert of Tournus, France, c. 950-1120.
32Nave and two-levelled collaterals, Church of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, Poitiers, 11th century.
3312th century.
34The Gothic style
35Autun Cathedral, Autun.
36Three Kings and a Queen from the Old Testament, west
37Apse, Cathedral of St Peter, Beauvais, begun in 1225. (p. 75)
38with white tin rosettes... Aside from this all one
39Choir, Cathedral of St Peter, Beauvais, begun in 1225.
40Aubazine cupboard, 12th century.
41Oakwood and iron.
42Nicolas de Verdun, Reliquary of the Magi, 1191.
43From Renaissance to Baroque
44Renaissance Style
45late 13th century. (opposite)
46Andrea Palladio, Villa Rotonda, Vicence, 1556-1571.
47architecture other than that of antiquity and which
48arrangement of rooms inside and the same outside
49Havard (Les Styles) writes:
50Renaissance cabinet with engraved ivory plaques, detail of the inside. (opposite)
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