Art Nouveau
/ˈɑːɹt nˈuːvoʊ/
nouna style of art and architecture, predominant in late 19th century, marked by complex curved patterns depicting natural objects such as flowers and plants
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1. Yoshitaka Amano, the character designer for early Final Fantasy games was heavily influenced by European movements like Art Nouveau.
2. There was a revival of Art Nouveau during the '80s and Art Deco, as well.
3. They were part of the wider Art Nouveau movement and a wholesale revisioning of Vienna from old and stuffy to modern, international, and decadent.
4. Yeah, or like an art nouveau movie or something like that where they change the characters.
5. So we are inspired by the art nouveau posters that come out at around this time.
Baroque
/bɝˈoʊk/
nounan ornate and grand style of art, music, and architecture present in the 17th and early 18th centuries in Europe
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1. It features baroque carvings of oriental themes.
2. Do you like that, the baroque?
3. - That's pretty Baroque.
4. The monster is a Baroque figure.
5. Notice the Baroque suffusing of love with death.
Bauhaus
/bˈɔːhaʊs/
nouna style of architecture, originated in Germany in early 20th century, with simple and practical geometric designs and no elaborate decorations, using materials such as concrete, steel, and glass
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1. The Bauhaus was founded in 1919 by architect Walter Gropius.
2. So for the Bauhaus The company was called LOI.
3. Welcome to the home of Bauhaus.
4. Nearby, you also have other buildings in the Bauhaus style.
5. Bauhaus: translated from German as building house.
brutalism
/bɹˈuːɾəlˌɪzəm/
nouna style of architecture, mostly present in 1950s and 1960s in the United Kingdom, marked by bulky and simple blocks made from concrete and steel
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1. Europe was recovering from World War II when Brutalism was at its peak.
2. It's called brutalism.
3. And TJ Von Pea, who points us towards a piece on brutalism, like from architecture, in web design.
4. You know, because of that brutalism architecture.
5. I went to Yale for graduate school, studied in a building of this style by Le Corbusier, affectionately known in our business as Brutalism.
modernism
/ˈmɑdɝˌnɪzəm/
nouna style or movement in art, literature, and architecture developed in the beginning of 20th century that greatly differs from ones that are traditional
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1. Modernism was all around.
2. He led the charge toward modernism in the late 1800s.
3. And modernism is all about verticality, from a certain angle.
4. His interests include critical theory, aesthetic modernism, and the history of full employment discourses.
5. That's especially important to Modernism.
postmodernism
/ˌpoʊstˈmɑdɝˌnɪzm/
nouna movement and style in art, literature, architecture, etc. in the 20th century, which reacted against modernism and is usually marked by a return to earlier styles and inclusion of features from various periods
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1. This is your postmodernism hat.
2. There is no one postmodernism hat, only infinite possibilities.
3. What's the Dean with postmodernism?
4. It belongs to Postmodernism.
5. What is Postmodernism?
Rococo
/ɹəˈkoʊˌkoʊ/
nounan elaborate and heavily decorated style of art, architecture, and furniture with asymmetrical patterns that was prevalent in Europe in the 18th century
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1. I felt similarly taking in the work of Dominican born Firelei Baez, whose paintings of Creole women in red headscarves replaced the Rococo mirrors that usually adorn the space.
2. Completed in 1856, it's the ultimate Rococo monument resembling the chateaus of France.
3. While this bold pattern may have had some exposure in Rococo times, it's important to remember that its bold features are extremely foreign in a modern context.
4. Remember, Baroque is essentially seventeenth century spilling over into the eighteenth century where it becomes Rococo, if you want to be more precise.
5. So number one is a gilded Rococo or Baroque style mirror, as big as you can handle it.
contemporary architecture
/kəntˈɛmpɚɹˌɛɹi ˈɑːɹkɪtˌɛktʃɚ/
nounthe architectural style of the present time, characterized by innovative design, experimentation, and a focus on sustainable and technology-driven solutions
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1. And because I think of the Colosseum as the very icon of Rome, I've called today's lecture "The Creation of an Icon: The Colosseum and Contemporary Architecture in Rome."
Gothic Revival
/ɡˈɑːθɪk ɹɪvˈaɪvəl/
nounan architectural style that emerged in the 18th and 19th centuries, characterized by the reintroduction of Gothic elements and forms inspired by medieval architecture
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1. He hated growing up at the castle and later commissioned architect William Burges to transform it in lavish Gothic Revival style.
vernacular
/vɝˈnækjəɫɝ/
nounan architecture style that is functional is used in ordinary houses, not building that are monumental or public
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1. Known in the English vernacular as "touch."
2. The next word is vernacular, another word for language, particularly when talking about a native language.
3. on the one hand, you have vernacular music.
4. The contemporary scientific vernacular of this makes use of the notion of dual processing.
5. The vernacular would be typhoon.

Cistercian architecture
/sˈɪstɚʃˌiən ˈɑːɹkɪtˌɛktʃɚ/
nounthe architectural style associated with the Cistercian order of monks, known for its simplicity, austerity, and emphasis on functional design, with features such as unadorned walls, large windows, and open, light-filled spaces
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Art Deco
/ˈɑːɹt dˈɛkoʊ/
nouna style of art, popular in 1920s and 1930s, characterized by the frequent use of geometric shapes with distinct borders and strong colors
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1. And these were absolutely beautiful Art Deco sculptures that had been promised to the Metropolitan Museum.
2. And these were absolutely beautiful Art Deco sculptures that had been promised to the Metropolitan Museum.
3. There was a revival of Art Nouveau during the '80s and Art Deco, as well.
4. This is one of my treasured possessions, an Art Deco bar.
5. [Narrator] Art Deco is a style of visual arts that influenced everything from architecture to everyday objects.
eclecticism
/ɪklˈɛktɪsˌɪzəm/
nouna style or approach that combines various architectural influences, elements, or styles from different time periods or cultures to create a unique and diverse design
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1. Looking at all of these, I kept marveling at the eclecticism of most everybody's book collections.
2. So we see this interesting eclecticism here: a pool based on Egypt, with some Egyptianizing statuary, but also interspersed with Greek statues, based on famous Greek prototypes.
