The architecture and urbanism

Greeks and Romans

The Parthenon under restoration in 2008

The Theatre and Temple of Apollo in mountainous

country at Delphi

Temple of Concordia in Agrigento, Sicily

above: Capital of the Ionic

Order showing volutes and
ornamented echinus
left: Architectural elements
of the Doric Order showing
simple curved echinus of
capital

above: Capital of the Corinthian

Order showing foliate
decoration and vertical volutes.

Roman Temple: Maison Carre, Nimes, France

Dome: Interior of the Pantheon in Rome

Triumphal Arch: Arch of Constantine, Rome

Arch: Roman aquaduct in Segovia, Spain

16th century onward through the early 20th century,

The periods of Mannerism and the Baroque that
followed the Renaissance
decorative tastes of Rococo.

Sicilian Baroque:
Basilica della Collegiata,
Catania, Sicily, Italy.