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- Architectural Style: Scottish Baronial - Jean Manco outlines the origins of the style in the period 1560-1630 and gives a brief bibliography.
- Architectural Styles Index - Created by Ingolf Vogeler of the University of Wisconsin as a guide to styles in the American Midwest. He gives the distinctive features of each type, illustrated by an example. Bibliography.
- Wikipedia: Scottish Baronial Style - An illustrated outline of this variation on the Gothic revival style from the collaborative online encyclopedia.
- Prairie Style Architecture - Images, information and sources for several houses by Frank Lloyd Wright in Great Buildings Online.
- Baroque Architecture - Images and information on buildings in the Baroque style and their architects, provided by Great Buildings Online.
- Bricks and Brass: Design by Style - An overview of Classical, Georgian, Italianate, Gothic, Aesthetic, Arts and Crafts, Eclectic, Queen Anne, Art Nouveau, and Edwardian architecture and design styles.
- Romanesque Architecture - Images and information on buildings in the round-arched style current in Europe from the 7th to 13th centuries and revived in the 19th century, provided by Great Buildings Online.
- Rococo Style - A discussion of this whimsical style, its origins and uses, from the Catholic Encyclopedia, with a bibliography.
- Art Nouveau Architecture - Images and information on buildings in the Art Nouveau style and their architects, provided by Great Buildings Online.
- Architectural Styles of America - Thomas Paradis of Northern Arizona University supplies sample images and descriptions of the dominant architectural styles found throughout the United States.
Wikipedia Articles
- Pompeian Styles - Roman mural painting is generally distinguished by four periods, as originally described by the German archaeologist August Mau in excavating wall-paintings at Pompeii, by far the largest group of surviving examples. These wall-painting styles have allowed researchers to differentiate between eras of building and decoration in buildings there in the centuries leading up to the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD which both destroyed the city and preserved the paintings, and between shifts in Roman art.
- Australian residential architectural styles - Australian residential architectural styles can generally be categorised as follows. There are overlaps between periods:
- Synagogue architecture - Unlike other types of religious architecture where worship buildings often conform to consistent rules for a given architectural period such as the cruciform plan of Gothic churches, or beehive-shaped shikaras of Hindu temple architecture, dominant styles and periods are not present in the history of synagogue architecture. Instead, synagogues have followed styles in vogue at the place and time of construction.
- Brazilian Guitar Quartet - The Brazilian Guitar Quartet was formed in 1998 to interpret the repertoire for four guitars and make transcriptions of works form diverse periods and styles. The quartet plays with a contagious joy and enthusiasm.
- U Thong Style - The U Thong Style is one of the definitive styles for Buddha icons. There are three distinct periods for the style, 12th to 13th century, 13th to 14th century and 13th to the 15th century, with some obvious overlap.