Formative Ideas in Architecture - Final Compiled Notes

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Tailored for final exam study, this document compiles notes from lectures and readings in Formative Ideas in Architecture 2021, as well as deeper analysis on several stylistic periods ( Neoclassical, Ancient Revivalism, Beaux-Arts etc.) Notes from lectures are concise and include tables for easier, quicker reading and efficient layout of material. More detail has been added to important figures such as Gottfried Semper and Pugin, due to their significance in the understanding of this subject's content. Topics covered include: - Enlightenment - The Baroque - English 18th Century Architecture: Palladio - Neoclassicism: Order and Origins - The Picturesque - Greek and Renaissance Revivals - John Soan - Gottfried Semper - Orientalism - London: Architecture and Urban Planning - Beaux-Arts - Engineering vs. Architecture - Gothic Revivalism - Arts and Crafts - Melbourne: Architecture and Urban Planning