| | ''"Architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use."'' <ref>Ralph Waldo Emerson: [http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/emerson/essays/art.html Thought on Art]</ref> | | ''"Architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use."'' <ref>Ralph Waldo Emerson: [http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/emerson/essays/art.html Thought on Art]</ref> |
| − | Architectural types and styles classify architecture in terms of form, techniques, materials, time periods, contexts, region, climates, etc. <ref>[http://types.greatbuildings.com/ A Menu of Architectural Types]</ref> | + | Architectural types and styles classify architecture in terms of form, techniques, materials, time periods, contexts, region, climates, etc. <ref>[http://types.greatbuildings.com/ A Menu of Architectural Types]</ref> The Oxford English Dictionary defines architectural style as, "A definite type of architecture distinguished by special characteristics of structure and ornament." <ref>[http://www.wbdg.org/resources/style.php Style] by Phoebe Crisman, Assistant Professor, |