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ARCHITECTURE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
(40 – 10th millennium BC)
Construction belongs to the most ancient human activities, and it means that many millennia were laid the foundation of all further development of architecture ago. -
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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE
(5th thousand BC – 1th century BC) Ancient Egypt the huge number of magnificent constructions, sculptures, works of painting, arts and crafts was created. Many of them remain unsurpassed examples of the highest skill and creative inspiration. -
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ARCHITECTURE OF ANTIQUE GREECE
(12th century BC – 1th century AD)
The Greek architects created three architectural warrants: Doric, Ionic, Corinthian -
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ARCHITECTS OF ANTIQUITY
The profession history the architect – one of the most ancient specialties – originates in the Ancient East. Tasks of the first representatives of this profession, actually, didn't differ from the modern at all: design of palaces, temples, tombs and economic constructions, and sometimes and control over their construction belonged to their duties. Eventually specialty the architect didn't lose former relevance, only architectural manners and fashionable tendencies changed. -
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ARCHITECTURE OF ANTIQUE ROME
(12th century BC – 5th century AD)
The Roman era put forward need of the solution of practical tasks of construction and architecture. The architecture served one of means of the statement of cultural and military power of the empire -
Feb 1, 1100
ROMANCE ARCHITECTURE
(10th-12th)
The leading role in Romance style was assigned severe, serf type to architecture, massive stone constructions were erected usually on sublime places and dominated over the district.
The shape of Romance constructions differed in monolithic integrity and solemn force, the building consisted of the simple, accurately revealed volumes emphasized with uniform partitionings; power, thickness of walls amplified narrow apertures of windows, in steps profound portals and impressive towers. -
Jan 1, 1300
GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
(The 12th-14th centuries)
City ensembles included cult and secular buildings, strengthenings, bridges. There was a need to expand
internal space of a cathedral and to increase illumination of the main nave
at the expense of increase in its height. -
Jan 1, 1500
ARCHITECTURE OF THE RENAISSANCE
(The 15th - 16th centuries)
The architecture of the Renaissance shares for three periods:
- early (the middle –the end of the XV century),
- high (the end of XV – the first half of the XVI centuries)
- late(the middle – the end of the XVI century).
In architecture of the Renaissance the aspiration to creation of the clear is shown
and harmonious constructions which large-scale measure becomes
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ARCHITECTURE OF BAROQUE
(17th – the beginning of the 19th centuries)
Baroque style gravitated to smart solemnity and splendor. At the same time it expressed progressive ideas of unity, infinity and variety of the world, of its complexity, variability, the continuous movement; interest in the elements, Wednesday, an environment of the person who began to be perceived as part of the world was reflected in baroque -
ARCHITECTURE OF CLASSICISM
(17th – the beginning of the 19th centuries)
The concept of classicism consisted in use in architecture of antique systems of a shaping which, however, were filled with the new contents. The esthetics of simple antique forms and the strict warrant were put as opposed to accident, not severity of architectural and art manifestations of outlook of the becoming obsolete aristocracy. -
MODERN ARCHITECTURE
The revolutionary achievements in construction technologies opening a scope for the most sophisticated ideas of architects created a new era in modern architecture which includes a set of the directions, movements and styles. -
ARCHITECT'S PROFESSION PRESENTLY
The technology of construction production constantly becomes complicated. The architect's profession also changes. Competence of the modern architect is defined more accurately, than earlier. On the one hand, the duties of the modern architect are outlined more narrowly. The modern architect develops the architectural section of project documentation. Thus its competence doesn't include calculations of difficult engineering designs, the organization of construction and drawing up budget documen
