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• Fantastic architecture — is an American building fad or style designed to catch attention and make a building stand out from the competition. It largely developed in the early 20th Century after the introduction of the car. Examples of fantastic architecture, also known… …   Wikipedia

• fantastic — 1 chimerical, visionary, fanciful, imaginary, quixotic Analogous words: extravagant, extreme (see EXCESSIVE): incredible, unbelievable, implausible (see affirmative adjectives at PLAUSIBLE): preposterous, absurd (see FOOLISH): irrational,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Expressionist architecture — in Barcelonaby Antoni Gaudi 1906 10] Expressionist architecture was an architectural movement that developed in Europe during the first decades of the 20th century in parallel with the expressionist visual and performing arts. The term… …   Wikipedia

• Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …   Universalium

• Gothic Architecture — • History of the style Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Gothic Architecture     Gothic Architecture     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Constructivist architecture — Narkomtiazhprom, Vesnin brothers, 1934 Constructivist architecture was a form of modern architecture that flourished in the Soviet Union in the 1920s and early 1930s. It combined advanced technology and engineering with an avowedly Communist… …   Wikipedia

• Brutalist architecture — Boston City Hall, part of Government Center, Boston, Massachusetts (Gerhardt Kallmann and N. Michael McKinnell, 1969). The structure illustrates typical (but not necessary) Brutalist characteristics such as top heavy massing, the use of slender… …   Wikipedia

• GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE —    Gothic Revival architecture can be seen as part of the general trend of Romanticism that characterized mid 18th through mid 19th century European culture, and while it reached its high point from 1830 to 1870, a continued interest in the… …   Historical Dictionary of Architecture

• Asturian architecture — Pre Romanesque architecture in Asturias is framed between the years 711 and 910, the period of the rise, extension and disappearance of the kingdom of Asturias. [citebook|title=The Archaeology of Iberia: The Dynamics of Change |author= S. J. Keay …   Wikipedia

• Chimera (architecture) — An otter chimera Used in describing an architectural feature, chimera means a fantastic, mythical or grotesque figure used for decorative purposes. Chimerae are often described as gargoyles. Used correctly, the term gargoyle refers to mostly… …   Wikipedia

• Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …   Universalium