Historical Architecture Periods - TOML

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code = "01"
slug = "ancient-greek"
name = "Ancient Greek Architecture"
description = "An architectural style emphasizing harmony and proportion based on mathematics and geometry."
keyFeatures = "[\"Three orders (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian)\",\"Triangular pediments\",\"Application of golden ratio\",\"Entasis (swelling) of columns\",\"Stone construction\"]"
period = "8th century BC - 2nd century BC"
region = "Greece, Southern Italy, Asia Minor"
representativeWorks = "[\"Parthenon (Athens)\",\"Erechtheion\",\"Temple of Olympian Zeus\",\"Temples of Paestum\"]"

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code = "02"
slug = "ancient-roman"
name = "Ancient Roman Architecture"
description = "An architectural style that achieved large spaces through arches, domes, and concrete technology."
keyFeatures = "[\"Roman concrete\",\"Arches and domes\",\"Five orders\",\"Amphitheaters\",\"Aqueducts\"]"
period = "753 BC - 476 AD"
region = "Italy, Mediterranean world"
representativeWorks = "[\"Colosseum (Rome)\",\"Pantheon\",\"Pont du Gard (Aqueduct)\",\"Roman Forum\"]"

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code = "03"
slug = "romanesque"
name = "Romanesque Architecture"
description = "A massive medieval architectural style characterized by rounded arches and thick walls."
keyFeatures = "[\"Rounded arches\",\"Rib vaults\",\"Thick walls and small windows\",\"Latin cross plan\",\"Massive appearance\"]"
period = "Late 10th - 12th century"
region = "Western Europe (France, Italy, Germany, UK)"
representativeWorks = "[\"Pisa Cathedral (Italy)\",\"Speyer Cathedral (Germany)\",\"Sainte-Foy Church (France)\",\"Cluny Abbey (France)\"]"

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code = "04"
slug = "gothic"
name = "Gothic Architecture"
description = "Architecture of light and verticality aiming for heaven with spires and stained glass."
keyFeatures = "[\"Pointed arches\",\"Flying buttresses\",\"Stained glass\",\"Spires\",\"Rose windows\"]"
period = "12th - 16th century"
region = "Originated in France, spread throughout Europe"
representativeWorks = "[\"Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris)\",\"Cologne Cathedral (Germany)\",\"Chartres Cathedral (France)\",\"Milan Cathedral (Italy)\"]"

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code = "05"
slug = "renaissance"
name = "Renaissance Architecture"
description = "Architecture embodying the revival of ancient Greece and Rome and humanism."
keyFeatures = "[\"Revival of classical orders\",\"Symmetry\",\"Domes\",\"Rounded arches\",\"Mathematical proportions\"]"
period = "15th - 16th century"
region = "Originated in Italy, spread throughout Europe"
representativeWorks = "[\"Florence Cathedral (Santa Maria del Fiore)\",\"St. Peter's Basilica (Rome)\",\"Palazzo Pitti\",\"Villa Rotonda\"]"

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code = "06"
slug = "baroque"
name = "Baroque Architecture"
description = "An architectural style characterized by dynamism, opulence, and dramatic effects."
keyFeatures = "[\"Curved facades\",\"Lavish decoration\",\"Dramatic light and shadow\",\"Elliptical domes\",\"Theatrical spatial composition\"]"
period = "Late 16th - early 18th century"
region = "Originated in Italy, spread throughout Europe and Latin America"
representativeWorks = "[\"Palace of Versailles (France)\",\"San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Rome)\",\"St. Peter's Square (Bernini)\",\"Karlskirche, Vienna\"]"

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code = "07"
slug = "rococo"
name = "Rococo Architecture"
description = "An architectural style embodying elegant and delicate decoration and aristocratic salon culture."
keyFeatures = "[\"Shell and plant motifs\",\"Pastel colors\",\"Use of mirrors\",\"Asymmetrical composition\",\"Light decoration\"]"
period = "Early 18th - late 18th century"
region = "France, Germany, Austria"
representativeWorks = "[\"Grand Appartement de la Reine, Versailles\",\"Würzburg Residence\",\"Amalienburg\",\"Sanssouci Palace\"]"

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code = "08"
slug = "neoclassicism"
name = "Neoclassical Architecture"
description = "Architecture pursuing a return to ancient Greece and Rome with reason and simplicity."
keyFeatures = "[\"Strict application of classical orders\",\"Triangular pediments\",\"Simple geometric forms\",\"Colonnades\",\"Restrained decoration\"]"
period = "Late 18th - 19th century"
region = "Throughout Europe and America"
representativeWorks = "[\"Panthéon (Paris)\",\"Brandenburg Gate (Berlin)\",\"United States Capitol (Washington)\",\"British Museum\"]"

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code = "09"
slug = "art-nouveau"
name = "Art Nouveau"
description = "A modern style emphasizing organic curves and decorative qualities from nature."
keyFeatures = "[\"Organic curves (whiplash lines)\",\"Natural motifs\",\"Use of iron and glass\",\"Stained glass\",\"Architecture as total art\"]"
period = "c. 1890 - c. 1910"
region = "Belgium, France, Spain, Austria"
representativeWorks = "[\"Sagrada Família (Barcelona)\",\"Casa Milà (Barcelona)\",\"Casa Batlló (Barcelona)\",\"Hôtel Tassel (Brussels)\"]"

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code = "10"
slug = "art-deco"
name = "Art Deco"
description = "A style expressing geometric decoration and the aesthetic of the machine age."
keyFeatures = "[\"Geometric patterns\",\"Zigzags and streamlined forms\",\"Stainless steel, chrome, glass\",\"Symmetry\",\"Machine aesthetic\"]"
period = "1920s - 1940s"
region = "USA, France, worldwide"
representativeWorks = "[\"Chrysler Building (New York)\",\"Empire State Building (New York)\",\"Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris)\",\"Bruno Montson House (Shanghai)\"]"

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code = "11"
slug = "modernism"
name = "Modernist Architecture"
description = "Innovative architecture emphasizing functionality and rationality, declaring 'ornament is a crime.'"
keyFeatures = "[\"Functionalism\",\"Iron, glass, concrete\",\"Minimal ornamentation\",\"Ribbon windows\",\"Open plan\",\"Pilotis\"]"
period = "1920s - 1960s"
region = "Europe, America, worldwide"
representativeWorks = "[\"Villa Savoye (Le Corbusier)\",\"Barcelona Pavilion (Mies)\",\"Fallingwater (Wright)\",\"Bauhaus Building (Gropius)\"]"

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code = "12"
slug = "brutalism"
name = "Brutalism"
description = "A powerful and raw architectural style exposing the material quality of concrete."
keyFeatures = "[\"Raw concrete (béton brut)\",\"Formwork texture\",\"Massive scale\",\"Geometric forms\",\"Emphasis on functionality\"]"
period = "1950s - 1970s"
region = "UK, France, USA, worldwide"
representativeWorks = "[\"National Theatre (London)\",\"Unité d'Habitation (Marseille)\",\"Boston City Hall\",\"Royal National Theatre\"]"