Does anyone know the history of architecture?

Question

I am trying to write a 4-7 page informational paper on architecture but I can't seem to find the history.. can anyone help?

Answer 1

Hey Kalynn,

Architecture is as old as the druids, stone henge, King Solomon's temples. The Greeks are credited with the simple beginnings of columns, the Romans added ornamentation. About.com has a timeline with different periods explained, the first site below. Remember there are different people at different ages of humanity, take Japan Architecture for example, it is different, and matured with different features. Anyway, here are some great places to get more information.

Answer 2

While the web sites cited above are indeed excellent you might suffer from information overload if you check them for a paper the size you have to write. I would go to some good multivolume encyclopedias - Americana, Britannica etc., or software encyclopedias like Encarta, or web based encyclopedias like Wikepedia. Most will have articles of roughly the length of your project so take ideas from them. Use a number of articles so that you do not inadvertently commit plagiarism. You might usefully enter "architecture" into google and check some of the sites listed for an overview of the subject. Good luck.

Answer 3

Architecture is way to broad of a subject to cover in Y! Answers. You could start with the ancient Greek and Romans building great cities and introducing the arch design (which is where ARCHitecture gets its name from).

Answer 4

hello kalynn,

try this one site and see how you get on:


1). http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Architecture/History/

covers all......please check this site out....covers prehistoric to 19th century.*****

Prehistory
Caves and tents
From tents to round houses
Straight walls with windows
Stone Age graves and temples
Early civilizations
Greece
The east
Rome
Buddhism
Rock-cut architecture
Early Christian churches
Islam
Middle Ages
15th - 16th century
17th - 18th century
19th century
To be completed


2). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural_history

it covers such topics as:

1 Architecture timeline (dated events)
2 Prehistoric architecture
3 Ancient architecture
4 African Architecture
5 Chinese Architecture
6 Indian Architecture
7 Islamic Architecture
8 Japanese Architecture
9 South American Architecture
10 Pre-Columbian
11 Western Architecture — Classical to Eclecticism
11.1 Classical architecture
11.2 Medieval architecture
11.3 Renaissance architecture
11.4 Baroque architecture
11.5 The Age of Enlightenment
11.6 Consequences of Enlightenment
11.7 Modern architecture
11.8 Postmodern architecture
11.9 Critical Regionalism
12 Modern architecture and beyond
13 Architecture by Nation

it also gives further links, if you need them

also:

3).http://architecture.about.com/od/periodsstyles/Periods_and_Styles.htm

4). http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Design_Arts/Architecture/History/

Answer 5

per chance the question you should ask is why did I persist with for a serious that i'm so unknowledgeable about that i favor to invite for information from YA? i imagine you should reassess previously you get laughed out of the interview. Im no longer attempting to be mean yet you should already have an severe activity for structure previously you persist with to cambridge.

Answer 6

There is so much! Try narrowing your field of History. Read about Frank Lloyd Wright if you want something more current. He is a wonderful architect. My son is studying archetcture and I am taking him to Chicago this summer so he can actually see in person Wright's work.

Answer 7

Try Ancient Rome, the romans where beautiful architects. My son is doing a report on them also.. Good luck.

Answer 8

it's so broad, you have to actually try.


go to a university and go to the school library, or if there's an architecture department, they'll have their own library.

Answer 9

It goes back to Rome and before.