AMERICAN COLONIAL Flashcards
FIVE (5) STAGES OF AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE:
INDIGENOUS
COLONIAL / “GEORGIAN”
GOTHIC REVIVAL
ECLECTICISM
NATIONAL PHASE
– USE OF BRICK, STONE, RUBBLE & SAND
– EXAMPLES ARE STEP PYRAMIDS
(STAGES)
INDIGENOUS
– CLASSIC REVIVAL
(STAGES)
COLONIAL / “GEORGIAN”
(STAGES)
GOTHIC REVIVAL
– MIXTURE OF ELEMENTS FROM PREVIOUS
ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
(STAGES)
ECLECTICISM
– BREAKING-OFF AMERICA’S COLONIAL TIES
FROM EUROPEAN POWERS & COMING UP
WITH ITS NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE
(STAGES)
NATIONAL PHASE
5 EXAMPLES OF NATIONAL PHASE PERIOD
POST-COLONIAL PERIOD
FIRST ECLECTIC PERIOD
SECOND ECLECTIC PERIOD
MODERN PERIOD
INFLUENCED BY FRENCH IDEAS
CLASSICAL ELEMENTS WERE
INTRODUCED
POST-COLONIAL PERIOD
PREDOMINANT STYLE WAS GREEK
“BALOON-FRAME” CONSTRUCTION
FIRST ECLECTIC PERIOD
INFLUENCED BY FRENCH IDEAS &
ROMANESQUE REVIVAL
INTRODUCTION OF SKYSCRAPERS
INNOVATIONS OF ELEVATORS &
METAL FRAME CONSTRUCTION
SECOND ECLECTIC PERIOD
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW
CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGIES
MODERN PERIOD
17TH CENTURY – 19TH CENTURY
AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE