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Classical architecture

Sebastiano Serlio's canon of the Classical orders, a prime example of classical architectural theory
Sebastiano Serlio was the first person to write about the five Classical orders (Tuscan, Ionic, Doric, Corinthian and Composite). This is very important to architectural theory.

Classical architecture is any architecture that has features from the ancient Greek and Roman style of building. It is also known as the architecture of classical antiquity. Many features of classical architecture come from the writing of the Roman architect Vitruvius.[1][2]

Different styles of classical architecture might have existed since the Carolingian Renaissance.[3] Styles have definitely existed since the Italian Renaissance.[3][4][5]

Aquaducts were used to transport water to different places in the roman empire it was a roman style of architecture.

Classical architecture buildings can be very different, but all classical architecture uses the same common design features. These features are structural and visual.

In much of Europe and America, from the Renaissance until World War Two, classical architecture was very popular and important to architecture. It is still important today, but less than it has been in history.

The term classical architecture is also used to talk about any type of architecture that has become a very specific style. For example, classical Chinese architecture, or classical Mayan architecture. The words "traditional" and "vernacular" can mean something different to "classical", or something similar.

The phrases New Classical and Neoclassical describe classical architecture that was built in modern times.

  1. ↑ Fleming, John; Honour, Hugh; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1986). Dictionary of architecture (3 ed.). Penguin Books Ltd. p. 76. ISBN 0-14-051013-3.
  2. ↑ Watkin, David (2005). A History of Western Architecture (4 ed.). Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 6–8. ISBN 0-8230-2277-3.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Fleming, John; Honour, Hugh; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1986). Dictionary of architecture (3 ed.). Penguin Books Ltd. p. 76. ISBN 0-14-051013-3.
  4. ↑ Watkin, David (2005). A History of Western Architecture (4 ed.). Watson-Guptill Publications. pp. 6–8. ISBN 0-8230-2277-3.
  5. ↑ Summerson, John (1980). The Classical Language of Architecture. Thames and Hudson Ltd. pp. 7–8. ISBN 0-500-20177-3.

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