Islamic Examples of the arch were carved into rock in India in the first century AD. It was adopted by the Islamic caliphates, and appears in Africa and Spain from the 7th century to the 13th, and in India from the 14th century.
What style of architecture is distinguished by extravagant ornamentation, and applies particularly to the decadent style that flourished in Italy in the 16th to 18th centuries?
What fashion in French architecture had much to do with the regency of Marie de' Medici? (The greatest architects of the style were Salomon de Brosse and Jacques Lemercier.)
What is the name for the dome or arched roof at the top of a building that is a distinctive part of Byzantine architecture and characteristic of mosques?
What is the name of the architectural style which marks some ancient and mediaeval structures, one notable one being the columns of the Parthenon?
