This document outlines the major architectural styles from pre-historic times to the present, including Pre-historic, Ancient Egyptian, Classical, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassical, Art Nouveau, Beaux-Arts, Neo-Gothic, Art Deco, Modernist Styles, Post Modernism, and Neomodernism; and provides the approximate date ranges for each major style period.

1. HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE

2. PRE-HISTORIC
TIMES - 11,600 B.C.
to 3,500 B.C.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN -
3,050 B.C. to 900
B.C.
CLASSICAL –
850 B.C. to A.D. 476
BYZANTINE
– 527 TO
565
ROMANESQUE
– 800 TO 1200
GOTHIC –
1100 TO 1450
RENAISSANCE
– 1400 TO
1600
BAROQUE –
1600 TO 1830
NEOCLASSICAL
– 1730 TO 1925
ART NOUVEAU
– 1890 TO
1914
BEAUX-
ARTS– 1895
TO 1925
NEO-GOTHIC –
1905 TO 1930
ART DECO –
1925 TO 1937
MODERNIST
STYLES – 1900 TO
PRESENT
POST MODERNISM
- 1972 TO
PRESENT
NEOMODERNISM
– 1997 TO
PRESENT

3. PRE-HISTORIC
TIMES- 11,600 B.C.
to 3,500 B.C.
ANCIENT EGYPTIAN
- 3,050 B.C. to 900
B.C.
CLASSICAL –
850 B.C. to A.D. 476
BYZANTINE
– 527 TO
565
ROMANESQUE
– 800 TO 1200
GOTHIC –
1100 TO 1450
RENAISSANCE –1400
TO 1600
BAROQUE –
1600 TO 1830
NEOCLASSICAL
– 1730 TO 1925
ART NOUVEAU –
1890 TO 1914
BEAUX-
ARTS– 1895
TO 1925
NEO-GOTHIC–
1905 TO 1930
ART DECO –
1925 TO 1937
MODERNIST
STYLES– 1900 TO
PRESENT
POST MODERNISM
- 1972 TO
PRESENT
NEOMODERNISM–
1997 TO
PRESENT