Examples of style in the following topics:
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- South India gave rise to the Dravida style of architecture, and is where most of the largest Hindu Temples can be found.
- The main architectural styles are the Dravida style of South India, the Nagara style of North India, and the mixed Vesara style.
- Other styles include the Pahari architectures of Kashmir, Himachal, Uttarakhand, and Nepal; the Kerala rainy style, the Goa European style, the Bali style, the Khmer style, and the modern very basic style of a hall with an altar.
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- The First Romanesque style developed in the Catalan territory and demonstrated a lower level of expertise than the later Romanesque style.
- Romanesque architecture is often divided into two periods: the "First Romanesque" style and the "Romanesque" style.
- Abott Oliba of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll served as a particularly influential impeller, diffuser, and sponsor of the First Romanesque style.
- The First Romanesque style, also known as Lombard Romanesque style, is characterized by thick walls, lack of sculpture, and the presence of rhythmic ornamental arches known as a Lombard band.
- The difference between the First Romanesque and later Romanesque styles is chiefly a matter of the expertise with which the buildings were constructed.
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- The art of the Meiji period (1868–1912) was marked by a division between European and traditional Japanese styles.
- In art, this period was marked by the division into competing European and traditional indigenous styles.
- After an initial burst of western style art, however, the pendulum swung in the opposite direction.
- In the 1880s, western style art was banned from official exhibitions and was severely criticized by critics.
- Yōga style painting of the Meiji period by Kuroda Seiki (1893)
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- In its purest form, neoclassicism is a style principally derived from the architecture of Classical Greece and Rome.
- Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style that was produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-eighteenth century.
- In its purest form, neoclassicism is a style principally derived from the architecture of Classical Greece and Rome.
- After the French Revolution, the second phase of neoclassicism was expressed in the late eighteenth-century Directoire style.
- Discuss the characteristics of the "Louis XVI style" and the Directoire style of Neoclassical architecture in France.
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- The Kanō School, which had a naturalistic style, was the dominant style of the Edo period (1603 - 1868).
- The Kanō School (狩) was the dominant style of painting during the Edo period.
- However, it simultaneously developed a brightly colored and firmly outlined style for large panels, which reflected distinctively Japanese traditions.
- Kanō painters worked primarily for the nobility, shoguns, and emperors, covering a wide range of styles, subjects, and formats.
- He used a less bold but extremely elegant style, which tended to become stiff and academic in the hands of less talented imitators.
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- The Gothic style was the leading architectural style in Italy during this time period.
- Other characteristics of the Gothic style include the increased use of flying buttresses to support walls, and a shift towards more slender and ornate columns, and vaulted ceilings.
- While the French Gothic style gained popularity in many parts of Europe, the Gothic style was interpreted differently in Italy.
- The Florence Cathedral is a great example of the Gothic style in Italy.
- Begun in 1296, the Cathedral is built in the Gothic style as Renaissance architecture had yet to be developed.
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- This style is defined by pointed arches, vaulted roofs, buttresses, large windows, and spires.
- In the late 12th century the Early English Gothic style superseded the Romanesque style, and during the late 13th century it developed into the Decorated Gothic style, which lasted until the mid 14th century.
- The Decorated period in architecture is traditionally broken into two periods: the Geometric style (1250–1290) and the Curvilinear style (1290–1350).
- Examples of the Decorated style can be found in many British churches and cathedrals.
- The walls and windows are sharper and less flamboyant than those of the earlier style.
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- Also known as masonry style, Pompeian First Style painting was most commonly used from 200 to 80 BCE.
- The style is noted for its visual illusions.
- While considered less ornate than the Third Style, the Fourth Style is more complex and draws on elements from each of the three previous styles.
- In this style, masonry details of the First Style reappear on bottom registers, and architectural vistas of the Second Style are once more fashionable, although infinitely more complex than their Second-Style predecessors.
- Fantastical details, Egyptian motifs, and ornamental garlands from the Third Style continued into the Fourth Style.
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- Art Deco and Streamline Moderne were two key styles of early 20th century American architecture.
- Modern American architecture is usually divided into the two styles of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne.
- Streamline Moderne, also known as Art Moderne, was a late type of the Art Deco design style that emerged during the 1930s.
- Its architectural style emphasized curving forms, long horizontal lines, and sometimes nautical elements.
- The Hollywood Palladium (in Hollywood, CA) was a dance hall built in the 1940s in the Streamline Moderne style.
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- Beaux-Arts architecture expressed the academic neoclassical architectural style that was taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
- Beaux-Arts architecture expresses the academic neoclassical architectural style taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
- The style of instruction that produced Beaux-Arts architecture continued without major interruption until 1968.
- After centuries of dominating architectural schools and training processes, the Beaux-Arts style began fade in favor of Modernist architecture and the International Style on the eve of World War I.
- The Palais Garnier (1861-75) is an exemplar of the Beaux Arts style.