Architectural Styles
Architectural Styles: Books
*Located in Reference, 1st floor, Willis Library (unless otherwise noted).
Architecture and Ornament: A Visual Guide
NA31 .W44 1990
Concise Encyclopedia of Interior DesignNK1165 .D58 1988
The Elements of style: A Practical Encyclopedia of Interior Architectural Details, from 1485 to the PresentNA2850 .E44 1991
Decoration Defined: A Dictionary of Decoration and DesignN33 .W5 1970
Federal Style Patterns 1780-1820 NA2850 .S63 2005(Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Early Georgian InteriorsNK2043.A1 C67 2000 (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Western Architecture: from Ancient Greece to the PresentNA200 .S88 1999
Twentieth-Century Style and Design NA680 .B346 1986(Willis Library, 3rd floor)
The Art Deco Style in Household Objects, Architecture, Sculpture, Graphics, JewelryN6494.A7 M44 (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Greek Architecture NA270 .L36 1996(Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Etruscan and Roman ArchitectureNA295 .B6 (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Principles of Roman ArchitectureNA310 .W55 2000, (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Medieval ArchitectureNA350 .C65 2002, (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Formal Design in Renaissance Architecture: from Brunelleschi to PalladioNA1115 .F87 1995, (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Icons of Renaissance ArchitectureNA510 .M37 2003 (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
The Triumph of the Baroque: Architecture in Europe, 1600-1750NA590 .T75 1999, (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
The Architecture of the Classical InteriorNA2850 .S45 2004, (Willis Library , 3rd floor)
Classical Architecture: an Introduction to Its VocabularyNA260 .C87 1992, (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Classical Architecture in Renaissance Europe, 1419-1585NA510 .M55 1987, (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
English Neo-Classical ArchitectureNA966.5.N4 S75 1988 vols. 1-2, (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
The Language of Post-Modern ArchitectureNA680 .J457, (Willis Library, 3rd floor)
Architectural Styles: Journals Articles
Use the same journal databases
listed under Architects and Interior Designers.
History of Costume
While this database contains visual images of clothing and hair styles from Ancient Egypt to 1992, the images often include depictions of architecture and furnishings in the background. Choose "browse this collection" to look by stylistic period.
AMIG (Art Museum Image Gallery)
Search AMIG for images of the historical style, type or name of building, etc.
Architectural Styles: Internet
ArtServe
(Australian National University)
A collection of over 16,000 images including prints spanning the 15th to 19th Centuries as well as architecture and sculpture from the Mediterranean Basin.
DMOZ Open Directory Project-Architecture