Western architecture - Iconoclastic, Carolingian, Byzantine

Western architecture

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Introduction
European Metal Age cultures
- Aegean and eastern Mediterranean
  - Minoan Crete
  - Mycenaean Greece
    - Fortification
    - Palaces
    - Tombs
- Western Mediterranean
  - Bronze Age cultures
    - Iberia
    - Balearic Islands
    - Malta
    - Sardinia and Corsica
    - Italy
  - Iron Age cultures
    - Iberia
    - Italy
Ancient Greek
- The early periods
  - The “Orientalizing” period
  - The Archaic period (c. 750–500 bce)
- The Classical period
  - Early Classical (c. 500–450 bce)
  - High Classical (c. 450–400 bce)
  - Late Classical (c. 400–323 bce)
- Hellenistic period
Roman and early Christian
- Republic and empire
  - Building materials
  - Construction
  - Design
  - Types of public buildings
  - Residential architecture
  - Town planning
  - Stylistic development
- Early Christian
  - First period, to 313 ce
  - Second period, after 313 ce
The Christian East
- The early Byzantine period (330–726)
- The Iconoclastic Age (726–843)
- The middle Byzantine period (843–1204)
- The late Byzantine period (1204–1453)
- Kievan Rus and Russia
The Christian West
- The early Middle Ages
  - Migratory period
  - Merovingian period
    - France
    - Ireland
    - England
    - Spain
  - Carolingian period
  - Ottonian period
  - Prelude to Romanesque in the north
- Romanesque
  - Burgundy
  - Normandy
  - Aquitaine, Languedoc, and Auvergne
  - Provence
  - Germany and the Low Countries
  - Iberia
  - Italy
  - Norman Italy and Sicily
  - Palestine
- Gothic
  - Early Gothic
  - High Gothic
  - Italian Gothic (c. 1200–1400)
  - Late Gothic
  - The end of Gothic
The Renaissance
- Early Renaissance in Italy (1401–95)
- High Renaissance in Italy (1495–1520)
- Italian Mannerism or Late Renaissance (1520–1600)
- The Renaissance outside Italy
  - France
    - Early Renaissance
    - Mannerism
  - Spain
    - Plateresque
    - Classical
    - Herreran
  - Portugal
  - Germany
  - Flanders and Holland
  - England
  - Eastern Europe
Baroque and Rococo
- Origins and development in Rome
- National and regional variations
  - Italy
  - Spain
  - Flanders
  - Holland
  - France
  - England
  - Central Europe
  - Russia
  - Colonial architecture in North America
- Urban design
  - 17th century
  - 18th century
Classicism, 1750–1830
- Origins and development
- National and regional variations
  - Great Britain
  - France
  - Italy
  - Spain and Portugal
  - Germany
  - Scandinavia and Finland
  - Poland
  - Russia
  - United States
Gothic Revival, c. 1730–c. 1930
- Origins and development
- National and regional variations
  - Great Britain
    - From the 17th to the 19th century
    - From the 19th to the early 20th century
  - France
  - Germany and central Europe
  - Romania
  - The Low Countries
  - Scandinavia
  - Italy
  - Spain and Portugal
  - United States
Classicism, 1830–1930
- Continuing development
- National and regional variations
  - France
  - Great Britain
  - Italy
  - Germany and Austria
  - Scandinavia and Greece
  - United States
Late 19th-century developments
- Construction in iron and glass
- Art Nouveau
20th-century architecture
- The Modernist movement
  - Before World War II
    - Europe
    - The United States
  - After World War II
- Postmodernism
Architecture at the turn of the 21st century
- Deconstruction
- Millennial trends

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