The visual impact of European architectural style in the use of lines, colors and symmetry makes people feel noble, elegant and romantic. The luxurious and luxurious decoration effect created is always desirable. And trigger people's unlimited imagination. Let's go with the editor to see what European architectural styles are, which will open your eyes.

What are the European architectural styles?

1. Gothic architectural style. This architectural style first originated in France. In the second half of the 11th century, some French churches had prototypes of ribbed vaults and flying buttresses. In the Gothic architectural style church building, its structural system consists of stone skeleton coupons and flying buttresses. Its basic unit is to make double-center skeleton peak coupons on the four corners of a square or rectangular plane. The four sides and opposite sides There is one on each corner line, and the roof slates are placed on the coupons to form a vault. In order to balance the lateral thrust of the arch feet of the central hall and increase its stability, its flying buttresses are issued from column piers outside the side hall, and spires are built on the column piers. Due to the use of pointed arches, pointed arches and flying buttresses, the interior space of the Gothic church appears more spacious, simple and unified. This architectural style uses decorative details such as canopies, niches, etc., which also use pointed coupons as the theme, making the architectural style and structural techniques form an organic whole church. In addition, because it adopts a four-pointed building structure, it better solves the problem of rib vault structure between each arch. In addition, the building has a large area of ??stained glass windows. This style has a great influence on the rise of secular architecture. influence and effect.

2. Baroque architectural style. This architectural style was developed on the basis of Italian Renaissance architecture. It is characterized by free and unrestrained, complex shapes, rich in changes, pursuit of dynamics, weirdness, preference for rich decorations and sculptures, strong colors and often interspersed curved surfaces. and oval spaces, but some architectural decorations are overstuffed. Among the churches in the Baroque architectural style, some of the main entrances have layered eaves and pediments made of overlapping arcs and triangles, and leaning columns and flat pilasters are used on both sides of the door. There are two pairs of large scrolls on both sides of the upper part of the facade. The altar of the church is richly and freely decorated. The mountain flowers above break through the classical French style and serve as icons and decorative lights. Some churches are simple and elegant in appearance, with soft shapes and few decorations, and dry and flat outer walls, which are in harmony with the natural environment. The interior decoration of the church is very gorgeous, creating a strong contrast between the inside and outside. There are also some churches that overly pursue luxury and grandeur in using this style of architecture, even to the point of tedious piling up.

3. Ancient Roman architectural style. This architectural style is an architectural style in which the ancient Romans followed the architectural techniques of the Etruscans and inherited the architectural achievements of ancient Greece, and made extensive innovations in architectural form, technology and art. The secular architecture of ancient Rome was quite mature, and there were many types, such as the Pantheon, Venus and Roman Temples in Rome, as well as religious buildings such as the Balbec Sun Temple, as well as royal palaces, theaters, arenas, baths, squares and Basilis. Card and other public buildings. Residential buildings include inner-courtyard residences, residences that combine an inner-courtyard style with a pillared courtyard, and four- and five-story apartment-style residences. In addition, its form and function are well combined. For example, in large theaters throughout the Roman Empire, their auditoriums were semicircular in plan, rising row by row, with vertical aisles as the mainstay and horizontal aisles as a supplement. The audience can reach the seats in each area from different entrances and stairs according to their ticket numbers. The flow of people does not cross and it is convenient to gather and disperse. The stage is elevated, with an orchestra pit in front and a dressing room behind. The facade of the dressing room is the background of the stage. The end protrudes forward, forming the prototype of a stage mouth, which is similar to the basic shape of modern large-scale performance buildings. In addition, ancient Roman architecture can meet various complex functional requirements, mainly relying on high-level arch structures to obtain wide internal spaces. The architectural art of ancient Rome was very high. The style of large buildings was majestic and solemn, the compositions were harmonious and unified, and the forms were diverse. The Romans opened up new fields of architectural art and enriched architectural art techniques.

4. Romantic architectural style. This architectural style was popular under the influence of Romanticism in literature and art during the historical period. Its architectural style is characterized by emphasizing individuality, advocating naturalism, opposing rigid classicism, and advocating using medieval artistic styles to compete with academic classical art. However, the building is limited to the types of buildings that existed in the Middle Ages, such as churches, universities, and city halls. In the design of the building, new materials and technologies are used, such as the famous National Library of Paris. The top structure of the library hall is an iron frame, and it is designed into a sail-arch dome.

Due to the design of this structure, the interior space is more spacious and transparent, giving people more space feeling.

5. French classical architecture. This architectural style originated in France and was popular during the autocratic kingships of Louis XIII and Louis XIV from the 17th century to the early 18th century. It is characterized by rigorous modeling and colorful interior decoration. The representative works of French classical architecture are large-scale, majestic palace buildings and monumental square buildings. Its representative works include the east facade of the Louvre in Paris, the Palace of Versailles and the New Church of the Invalides in Paris. Later, with the development of history, this architectural style became popular in a large number of comfortable and quiet urban residences and small and exquisite country villas. In these homes, they replaced sumptuous halls with splendid salons and cozy living rooms.

6. Renaissance architecture. This architectural style is an architectural style that emerged after Gothic architecture and originated in Italy. The biggest feature of this architectural style is that it abandoned the Gothic architectural style of the medieval period and re-adopted the columnar composition elements of the ancient Greek and Roman periods in religious and secular buildings. On the one hand, these architects adopted classical column styles, but on the other hand, they were flexible and boldly innovative, even integrating architectural styles from various regions with classical column styles. They also applied many scientific and technological achievements of the Renaissance, such as mechanical achievements, perspective laws in painting, new construction machinery, etc., into the practice of architectural creation. Its characteristics not only reflect the unified style of the times, but also attach great importance to expressing one's own artistic personality. In short, the unprecedented prosperity of Renaissance architecture, especially Italian Renaissance architecture, is a period of great development and improvement in the history of world architecture.