INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Historical Developments:

1. Assembly line production and mass production led to the creation of worker towns and industrial towns.

2. Invention of automobile and steam engine led to the construction of train stations and highways and freeways.

3. Invention of communication provided for a faster way of life.

4. Cities became high-density areas and were plagued with epidemics and pollution. This led to the building of more hospitals and sanitariums and urban parks (as breathable spaces).

1830 Period of Industrial Revolution

Battle of the Styles conflict between the Classics (Neo Classicist) and Gothic (revivals) and other styles

Arts and Crafts Movement (alliance of factories and artisans) started Art Nouveau characterized by organic and dynamic forms, curving elements and whiplash lines.

British / EnglishContinental Europe

1830 1850 Early Victorian

Greek Revival and Greco-Roman 1830 1848 July Monarchy

Neo Renaissance

1850 1875 High Victorian

Gothic and Renaissance

1848 1870 - 2nd Empire

High Renaissance

1875 1901 Late Victorian

Romanesque, Byzantine, Baroque, Renaissance

1870 1900 3rd Republic

Neo Baroque

ART NOUVEAU a.k.a

France Le Modern Style

Germany Jugend Style, Bantowurm Stil or Tapeworm

Austria Sezessione

Italy Stile Liberty

Spain Modernismo