TIME LINE

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PREHISTORIC

• Basic constructions, central beam, huts

• Early humans built huts to protect them from rain and animals,

EGYPTIAN

• materials: mud, brick and stone
• triangular shapes

BIZANTINE

• Domed roof

PRE-ROMANISQUE

• Charactericed by semi-circular arches

ROMANESQUE

• Architecture function, spread Roman character, architecture of the enclosed interior space, concrete more strength.

• Functionality, stability, beauty.

GOTHIC

• Reinforced Roman vault with diagonal ribs

RENAISSANCE

• Classical architecture
• Greek mathematical proportions and rules

BAROQUE

• Take advantage of all the space
• Blurs reality and illusion
• Architects: Carlo Maderno

NEOCLASSIC

• Domination of arcgitectural truth over visual effect

19th CENTURY

• New construction materials, cast iron and glass
• Eliel Gottlieb

20th CENTURY

• Improvement in the composition

ACTUALY

As we have seen in class architecture has changed along the years. There are several factors that have affected architecture in history. Some are related to the advance of the technology and techniques used to build buildings and other related to the appearance of them.

At first in prehistory humans used natural elements such as clefts in the mountains and made caves to have a refuge, after it they learned how to build certain structures with clay and wood ( matterials easy to use ) called huts.

After this time the population evolved and began to use new inventions to improve buildings and implemented new construction techniques.

One clear example was in the pyramids:

As we advanced, the different populations improved their techniques. They created elements that made them different from the rest, such as the construction of arches, the color of the buildings, decorative elements…