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Jan 1, 1000
Start of Romanesque Era - 10 Euro Note
- Thick walls
- Long rows of arches
- Long pillars for support
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Jan 1, 1000
Classical Architechure - 5 Euro Note
This was 700 BC to 400 BC
(It's here due to TimeToast not letting me do right) Archways
Doric, Ionic and Corinthian columns
Glass/Stained glass
Terracotta was often used as a material
Pediments- Carved triangle over window frames
Eaves- overhanging edges of roofs
Porticos- Porch with eaves, pediments and columns
Hammer-beam roofs
Architrave- molded frame of door or window
Quoins- Dressed or emphasized stones at corner of buildings -
Period: Apr 3, 1000 to Apr 4, 1400
Gothic Architechure - 20 Euro Note
Began in 5th Century Pointed,arched roofs
Two columns side by side
Typically blue buildings
Large windows to let in light (also arched)
Often times either churches or cathedrals
Elaborate tracery
Very tall buildings -
Period: Apr 3, 1400 to
Renaissence - 50 Euro Note
-Many archways.
-Symmetric
-Domes
-Earth tones/made of rock
-Artwork on walls and ceilings
-Towers as well as domes for roofs
-Domes have point on top with some points having crests, such as crosses -
Period: to
Baroque/Rococo - 100 Euro Note
In the Rococo Style, there was lavishness and indulgence of aristocracy. There was lots of asymmetry and floral designs. The architecture had asymmetrical buildings, patterns and designs. In the Baroque Style, there were colonnades, domes, light and shade (chiaroscuro) painter like color effects, the bold play of volume and void, and bold massing. -
Period: to
Nouveau Architecture - 200 Euro Note
- New Materials
- Bars of iron form shapes and structure
- Flowing lines
- Violent Curves
- Organic subject matters
- Ignoring Classical restrictions
- Asymmetrical designs
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Period: to
Modern Architechute - 500 Euro Note
Simple- lacking ornaments
Emphasis of horizontal planes and massing
Flat and broad roofs
Big, open interior spaces
Emphasis of natural light through glass
Abstract in a way