... prominent styles of architecture that can be seen in Romania's capital will be showcased. The old fashioned and classic style of the baroque era that transformed Bucharest into the Paris of the East; The totalitarian and dominant style of the communist regimes and the style that immediately followed: modern Romanian architecture. All three styles are each as impressive as they are unique, and ... you will be given a brief taste of them all in the following essay. For centuries, countries in Europe suffered from massed creative oppression due to sanctions imposed by theocratic governments...

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... represent these styles. In fact the whole St. peter (including St. Peter's Square) exists out of two architecture styles: The Renaissance and the Baroque. St. Peter's basilica represents Renaissance architecture and the St. Peter's Square represents the Baroque style and the Coliseum is a beautiful example of the Ancient Roman architecture. In the next paragraphs I'll explain these architectural styles and I'll also give ... the dome shape. The first layer is strong to support the second layer and architectural features like statues. Filippo Brunelleschi is generally credited as being t...

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... . He sculpted David, The Pieta, and Moses. He is also famed for his painting on the ceiling of the Sistene Chapel. Next came the Baroque period. During this time Rembrandt painted his Night Watch. After the Baroque period was the Rococo period. Rococo art was very whimsical. It had scenes of complacent serenity. Bouchet painted The Breakfast, and Gainesboro painted The Blue ... along an artist name Monet. Monet painted lots of landscapes of ponds, etc. He is known for his works, The Waterlily Pond and The Waterlilies. Next came the premodern art style. Artists such as George Seurat used ...

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... The modernist movement can be seen to lie in the emergence during 1900 - 1914. The late 19th century saw Neo Gothic and Neo Baroque begin to lose their definition degenerating into an elaboration, which demonstrated little capacity for achieving architectural expression. At the turn of the century ... of the pre war futurists movement. Its revolutionary concern for the restructuring of society and its worship of the machine. They preferred the classical style. The modern movement in the America was high rise office development and was seen as loose broad, inclusive less intense then moder...

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