Great Architectural Revolution - Western Modern, Contemporary, and Contemporary Architecture

Author: Xiao Mo
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: In the early stages of modern Western architecture, as the book argues, before the mid-19th century, architecture continued along traditional paths. Neoclassicism, characterized by Roman and Greek Revivals, and Romanticism, marked by Gothic Revivals, were popular, along with eclecticism, which blended various traditional styles. In summary, these were efforts to innovate within traditional forms. However, they did not create a new for their own time. This trend even continued into the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, not only in Europe but also spreading to the United States, as well as in the colonies of Western powers and the concessions in China. But in the late stage of modern architecture, from the mid-19th century to the end of the modern period (also known as the germination period of modern architecture), some buildings adopted new materials, equipment, structural methods, and construction techniques. People's architectural concepts also began to update, no longer relying on the ancients.