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    TYPE OF ARCHITECTURE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Architecture as a kind of art formplay

    Synonyms:

    architectural style; style of architecture; type of architecture

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("type of architecture" is a kind of...):

    art form ((architecture) a form of artistic expression (such as writing or painting or architecture))

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "type of architecture"):

    Bauhaus (a German style of architecture begun by Walter Gropius in 1918)

    Byzantine architecture (the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the 5th century; massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics)

    classical architecture; Greco-Roman architecture (architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans)

    Gothic; Gothic architecture (a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches)

    Romanesque; Romanesque architecture (a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades)

    Moorish; Moorish architecture (a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches)

    Victorian architecture (a style of architecture used in Britain during the reign of Queen Victoria; characterized by massive construction and elaborate ornamentation)

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