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Deconstructivism is a postmodern architectural movement which appeared in the 1980s. It gives the impression of the fragmentation of the constructed building, commonly characterised by an absence of obvious harmony, continuity, or symmetry. [ 1 ]
Mongol Period (13th c.) Timurid Style (14th–16th c.) Isfahani Style (17th–19th c.) Islamic (influenced) architecture in South Asia Indo-Islamic architecture (1204–1857) Mughal architecture (1526–1707) Turkey Anatolian Seljuk architecture (1071–1299) Ottoman architecture (1299–1922) First national architectural movement (1908–1940)
The Renaissance (UK: / r ɪ ˈ n eɪ s ən s / rin-AY-sənss, US: / ˈ r ɛ n ə s ɑː n s / ⓘ REN-ə-sahnss) [1] [2] [a] is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
The Medici Family, an Italian banking family and political dynasty, is famous for its financial support of Renaissance art and architecture. The period began in around 1452, when the architect and humanist Leon Battista Alberti (1404–1472) completed his treatise De Re Aedificatoria (On the Art of Building) after studying the ancient ruins of ...
Gilded stencilling on an olive green ground in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. in 1879, reflecting American Renaissance-era art The central vignette of the US$2 bill, Edwin Blashfield's Science presents Steam and Electricity to Commerce and Manufacture, published in 1896 The Bergen County Court House in Hackensack, New ...
Although the Brutalist movement was largely over by the late 1970s and early 1980s, having largely given way to Structural Expressionism and Deconstructivism, it has experienced a resurgence of interest since 2015 with the publication of a variety of guides and books, including Brutal London (Zupagrafika, 2015), Brutalist London Map (2015 ...
Deconstruction chose sharp turns, unidirectional movements, and disjointed connections, because in place of music, the visual arts and film provided important frameworks for songwriting.
Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements.