Periods and Styles

Illustrated essay by Heidi Dressler on the Art Deco buildings of Kalamazoo, Michigan, US.

The town of Napier, New Zealand was rebuilt in the early 1930's after an earthquake and has many Art Deco buildings, some with Maori motifs. Provides photographs, history and an introduction to the style.

An illustrated history and description of the architecture of ancient Greece and Rome.

A clear, illustrated introduction to the building process: materials, tools, methods, planning, forms. Descriptions of a worker's house at Deir el Medine and the townhouse of Djehutinefer.

An illustrated description of the architecture of ancient Egypt and its characteristics.

An extract from John Ruskin's influential book "The Stones of Venice" (1851-3).

An illustrated description of the origins and characteristics of the style and its variants and revival. It includes a list of notable Gothic structures.

Illustrations and text reprinted from How to Know Architecture by Frank E. Wallis.

This section of Bill Thayer's huge Lacus Curtius site provides many photographs of cities and monuments of the ancient Roman world, some with detailed commentary.

Paul Barrette's history, image database and discussion of this 100-foot marble sculptural monument built during the reign of Emperor Trajan (98-117 AD).

The National Documentation Centre of Greece provides photographs of all restored stones of the Parthenon frieze from the British, Louvre and Acropolis museums, with a detailed description and history.